Rural Broadband Progress

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Florida, General, Georgia

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack recently issued a report on the efforts to increase broadband access in rural areas. Download Audio Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Weekly Livestock Market Report

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cattle, Florida, Georgia, Livestock

Here are the cattle market numbers for the week ending June 11th put together by the livestock market news service for the states of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. AL: Download Audio FL: Download Audio GA: Download Audio Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Concerns About Peanut Ban

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Field Crops, Florida, Georgia, Peanuts

There are many concens about the possible ban of peanuts on airline flights, as Tyron Spearman looks at one major question many in the industry have been asking this week. Download Audio Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

NCBA President on Trade

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Beef, Cattle, Florida, Georgia, Livestock

National Cattlemen’s Beef Association President Steve Foglesong knows trade with other countries is important and how increasing that trade can help get cattle prices back up here at home. Download Audio Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

USDA Releases Final Draft of Crop Insurance Agreement

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Citrus, Corn, Cotton, Field Crops, Florida, General, Georgia, Nursery Crops, Peanuts, Soybeans, Specialty Crops, Sugar, Vegetables

WASHINGTON – As part of the Administration’s continuing efforts to reform the Federal crop insurance program, reduce the Federal deficit, and maximize taxpayer dollars, USDA has released the final draft of a new crop insurance agreement and announced that $6 billion in savings has been created through this action. Two thirds of this savings will go toward paying down the …

Two-Member Families

Dan Agri View, Alabama, Beef, Cattle, Citrus, Corn, Dairy, Field Crops, Florida, General, Georgia, Livestock, Peanuts, Pork, Poultry, Soybeans, Specialty Crops, Sugar, Vegetables

Everett Griner talks about how the supermarkets today are stocked for families of four or six, along with the waste of food for a two-member family. Download Audio Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

USDA Addressing Concerns Regarding BCAP

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Energy, Florida, Forestry, General, Georgia

The top official of USDA’s Farm Service Agency says USDA will address in the final rules the concerns voiced by some that the Biomass Crop Assistance Program may be raising prices for bark and other forest products used by paper makers and other industries. Download Audio Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag …

Cotton By-Products as Erosion Control

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cotton, Georgia

Discovering new markets is an important element in agriculture and therefore, Cotton Incorporated and Mulch & Seed Innovations teamed up to find new market opportunities for cotton, through an all-natural fiber hydromulch from the by-products of ginning. And according to Andy Ellis, President of Mulch and Seed, the technology behind the hydromulch takes advantage of cotton’s natural characteristics making it …