ACA Convention Nears Pre-registration Deadline

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cattle

The pre-registration deadline for the 66th annual Alabama Cattlemen’s Association Convention and Trade Show is nearing, as Dr. Billy Powell encourages producers to register now. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida Cattle IndustryOctober 31, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Unique Opportunity For Applied ResearchOctober 24, 2025

Horticulture Now Included In Farm & Ranch Irrigation Survey

Gary Cooper Alabama, Florida, General, Georgia, Nursery Crops, Specialty Crops

Horticulture producers should soon be getting a special irrigation survey form in the mail from USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS), along with many others in the ag community. Listen to this report to learn more about it and why it is important for all producers receiving the form to return it at earliest convenience. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember …

USDA Seeks Comments On Healthy Forests Reserve Program

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Georgia, USDA-NRCS

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is seeking public comments on the Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP). The HFRP was signed into law as part of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 and was reauthorized by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (2008 Farm Bill). Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle …

USDA Seeks Comments on WRP

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Florida, USDA-NRCS

U.S.D.A’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is currently seeking public comments on the Wetlands Reserve Program, otherwise known as WRP, which provides technical and financial assistance to eligible landowners to address wetland, wildlife habitat, soil, water, and related natural resource concerns on private agricultural land. USDA encourages written comments on the interim final during the comment period which ends March 16th. …

Testing for New Cotton Varieties

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cotton, Georgia

With many cotton growers experiencing anxiety as Delta Pine 555 is phased out, Keylon Gholston cotton product manager for Delta and Pine Land says they have created a new type of testing for the southeast in order to ease some of those fears. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of …

Cotton Incorporated’s Natural Resource Survey

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cotton, Georgia

Kater Hake with Cotton Incorporated says that they are excited about the results from the recent Natural Resource Survey sent to growers and believe that the results will be extremely useful to help move the cotton industry forward. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida Cattle IndustryOctober 31, …

Vilsack’s Confirmation Hearing

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Florida, General, Georgia

Former Iowa Governor and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Nominee Tom Vilsack had his confirmation hearing before the senate ag committee on Wednesday. Vilsack fielded questions on everything from nutrition to farm programs saying that farmers need not worry about his support. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida Cattle …

AL Livestock Market Report

Dan Alabama, Cattle, Livestock

Alabama Department of Agriculture’s Dyan Kennedy has this weeks cattle markets numbers from across the state. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida Cattle IndustryOctober 31, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Unique Opportunity For Applied ResearchOctober 24, 2025

USDA Ramping Up Efforts To Keep Invasive Species Out of U S

Gary Cooper Alabama, Citrus, Florida, General, Georgia, International, Nursery Crops, Specialty Crops, Vegetables

This release in this week from USDA in Washington DC: New Methods Development Laboratory Planned for South Miami, Fla. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 2009–The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) plans to open a new Agriculture Quarantine and Inspection (AQI) and Port Technology Methods Development Laboratory in South Miami, Fla., later this year. Scientists at …

ACA to Discuss Economic Times

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cattle

Current economic struggles are affecting most everyone including cattle producers, and so Dr. Billy Powell with the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association says this will be the topic of many of their spekaers lined up for the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association Convention and Trade Show February 13-14 in Montgomery. To learn more or to register before the pre-registration deadline, log on to bamabeef.org …