Members of the House Agriculture Committee have introduced a bill stating that the use of a pesticide consistent with its registration under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act should not be subject to a costly, redundant and unnecessary permit process under the Clean Water Act. Download Audio Sponsored ContentValley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, …
Solitary Bee Varieties Could be Another Viable Option for Growers
Jim Cane of the Agricultural Research Service says using solitary bees instead of the traditional honey bee colonies is not just for those battling colony collapse disorder. Download Audio Sponsored ContentValley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support …
Biodiesel Cleaning Up the Oil It’s Trying to Replace
Biodisel producers are beginning an effort to encourage use of methyl esters to clean up the oiled shorelines from the Gulf Oil Spill. Download Audio Sponsored ContentValley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management …
Cotton Crop Report
USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service released their August all cotton report this morning as Shiela Corley with NASS in Washington D.C. says the numbers are up. Download Audio Sponsored ContentValley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage …
Higher Peanut Corn and Soybean Forecast
USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service released their August crop production forecasts this morning and when it comes to this year’s peanut crop, the report shows production is forecast to be up 10 percent from last year, while they are calling for a record high corn and soybean crop. Download Audio Sponsored ContentValley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every …
Cloned Meat
There are many that still question the ethics of cloning. Everett Griner talks on this today. Download Audio Sponsored ContentValley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, …
New Report Shows Threats to Private Forested Lands
WASHINGTON, August 11, 2010 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today held a national conference call to highlight a USDA Forest Service report entitled Private Forests, Public Benefits, showing that privately held forests in the U.S. are under substantial stress from development and fragmentation and that increased housing density in forests will exacerbate other threats to forests from wildfire, insects, pathogens …
Sustaining Pollinator Populations Through Bee Pastures
The concept of bee pastures is not new, but large pastures of wildflowers may help sustain honeybee populations and improve their health. And Jim Cane of the Agricultural Research Service says the formation of bee pastures must include consideration of factors such as crops, soils, region, and native species of flowers. Download Audio Sponsored ContentValley Helps Growers Get The Most …
America’s Favorite Farmers’ Market
An online contest is being held to see which four farmers’ markets across America can rally the most support from their customers. Voting is open until midnight August 31, 2010 at www.farmland.org/vote. Download Audio Sponsored ContentValley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026Florida Cattle …
Looking at Declining Beef Checkoff Budget
At the Cattle Industry Summer Conference, the Cattlemen’s Beef Board unanimously approved a $40.6 million budget for Fiscal 2011 which is down 7.4% from this year’s budget. Dr. Billy Powell with the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association was able to sit in on the advertising committee meeting during the conference to see how checkoff dollars are being spent in that area. Download …