Contact Information: EPA Press Office (press@epa.gov) Brooklet, Ga. (October 27, 2020) — At the Cromley Farm, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced that the EPA is approving new five-year registrations for two dicamba products and extending the registration of an additional dicamba product. All three registrations include new control measures to ensure these products can be used effectively …
Livestock Shelters Open in Alabama in Preparation for Tropical Storm Zeta
In response to Tropical Storm Zeta, the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries (ADAI) has been in contact with our partners to provide a temporary sheltering facility for evacuated livestock including horses and cattle. Animals moving in response to Tropical Storm Zeta will be exempt from a certificate of veterinary inspection. The Alabama A&M Agribition Center located at 4925 Moore’s …
Alabama Cattlemen Join Other States in Supporting Cattle Market Transparency Act
We told you last week that more than a dozen state cattle organizations voiced their support for the Cattle Market Transparency Act. In a letter to Senate Agriculture Committee leadership, the groups said the bill “will aid in cattle market transparency for all producers.” Alabama Cattlemen’s Association (ACA) Executive Vice President Erin Beasley says they were happy to join other …
Cotton Bolls Mostly Open; Peanut Harvest Over Half Done
Last week was another good week across the Southeast for harvest of the cotton and peanut crops. USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey says nearly all of the country’s cotton bolls were open as of this past Sunday. But Rippey says the nation’s peanut harvest progress is behind last year and the five-year average. In Alabama, 96% of the cotton bolls are …
Weekly Livestock Market Report Week Ending 10-23-2020
Here are the weekly livestock market reports for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, for the week ended October 23, 2020, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for all three states. AL Livestock Market Report: At Alabama Livestock Auctions, for the week ending October 23, 2020, receipts at 21 markets totaled an estimated 14,300 head compared to 14,827 last week and …
Trump Administration Invests in High-Speed Broadband in Rural Alabama
ReConnect Funding to Connect 11,163 Rural Households to High-Speed Internet e-Connectivity (USDA/RD) — The Trump Administration announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $37 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Alabama. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to the second round of the ReConnect Program. “Access to …
Focus on Harvest Safety This Fall
by Victoria Dee AUBURN UNIVERSITY, Ala. – Farmers in the Southeast are in the thick of harvest season, making safety more important than ever. Round-the-clock work and pressing time commitments are characteristics of harvest. The stress of these can wear down a person’s mental alertness of safety measures. One must think of safety at all times during harvest season. Danger …
Alabama YCLP Class to Hold Third Session
The Alabama Cattlemen’s Association (ACA) continues to cultivate future leaders of the association and industry through the Young Cattlemen’s Leadership Program (YCLP). Funded in part by the Alabama State Beef Checkoff, YCLP develops young producers into leaders of the future. According to ACA Director of Field Services, Morgan Desselle, this year’s YCLP class will hold its third session this weekend. …
Cotton, Peanut Harvests Update
We saw good conditions for harvest last week, and across Southeast it helped in getting both the cotton and peanut crops out. USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey has the latest look at cotton harvest progress. But Rippey says the peanut harvest has been delayed by the recent tropical weather. In Alabama, 92% of the cotton bolls are open, which compares to …
Alabama Producers Encouraged to Complete ’20 Irrigation Questionnaire
The Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries (ADAI) is encouraging producers who performed agriculture irrigation upgrades in the 2020 calendar year to complete the required irrigation questionnaire. ADAI Deputy Commissioner Hassey Brooks told Southeast AgNet’s Randall Weiseman, ADAI is responsible for collecting completed irrigation questionnaires from producers, but the Alabama Department of Revenue (ADOR) will issue the irrigation tax credits …