Southeast AgNet This Week: Specialty Crop Grants; TPP Negotiations Wrap Up

Josh McGill Alabama, Aquaculture, Beef, Cattle, Citrus, Cotton, Dairy, Energy, Field Crops, Florida, Forestry, Fruits, General, Georgia, Industry News Release, Livestock, Nursery Crops, Peanuts, Pork, Poultry, Seeds, Specialty Crops, USDA-NRCS, Vegetables, Weather

Today’s issue of Southeast AgNet This Week includes information on USDA grants to support specialty crops as well as an update on the conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations. Want to learn more? Click here to subscribe and view the current issue. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Alabama Cotton Harvest Moving at Average Pace

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cotton, Field Crops

According to the latest numbers from USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service, cotton harvest in Alabama is 16 percent complete. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Georgia Cotton Harvest Hampered by Weather

Randall Weiseman Cotton, Field Crops, Georgia, Weather

Georgia Cotton Commission’s Richey Seaton says due to recent weather conditions, harvest is basically at a standstill in the state. But there are hopes that will change yet this week. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Website Provides Southeast Cotton Information and More

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

Southeast cotton growers can go to this website, cottoncultivated.cottoninc.com, from Cotton Incorporated to get news not only for this region, but from across the cotton belt. Director of Agricultural Research for Cotton Incorporated, Ryan Kurtz, invites growers to try it to see what type of information is available. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester …

Rain Affecting Cotton and Peanut Harvest

Randall Weiseman Cotton, Field Crops, Peanuts, Weather

Weather conditions over the eastern regions of the cotton and peanut belt have experienced more rain than the land can handle, thus causing problems for many farmers. Tyron Spearman has the story. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Statement by the President on the Trans-Pacific Partnership

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Beef, Cattle, Citrus, Corn, Cotton, Dairy, Field Crops, Florida, Forestry, General, Georgia, Industry News Release, Livestock, Nursery Crops, Peanuts, Pork, Poultry, Seeds, Sheep-Goats, Soybeans, Specialty Crops

From The White House: I’ve spent every day of my presidency fighting to grow our economy and strengthen our middle class. That means making sure our workers have a fair shot to get ahead here at home, and a fair chance to compete around the world. My approach to trade has been guided by a unifying principle: leveling the playing …

Ag in Review for the Week Ending October 2, 2015

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cattle, Citrus, Cotton, Field Crops, Florida, Forestry, General, Georgia, Livestock, Peanuts, Specialty Crops, Weather

In this week’s recap of agricultural news from around the Southeast, we talk about the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations in Atlanta, how Southeast row crop farmers are being encouraged to prepare for the El Nino event this fall, bees in the classroom and more. To hear weekly reviews subscribe to our podcast: Alabama Florida Georgia Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly …

Georgia Cotton Commission Promoting Website

Randall Weiseman Cotton, Field Crops, Georgia

If you are involved in the cotton industry in Georgia and have not been on the Georgia Cotton Commission’s website, then Richey Seaton invites you to do so. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Alabama Man Among Cotton Research and Promotion Program Hall of Fame Honorees

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cotton, Field Crops, Industry News Release

Cotton Incorporated has announced the 2015 class of the Cotton Research and Promotion Hall of Fame, a program that recognizes U.S. cotton industry leaders that have made significant contributions to the program or to the cotton industry in general. And one of the five honorees is from Alabama. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester …

Preparing for El Niño

Josh McGill Cotton, Field Crops, General, Georgia, Peanuts, Weather

With peanut harvest underway in most parts of the southeast, the threat of El Niño is becoming a reality. El Niño is a warming of Pacific waters off the equator and Dr. Bob Kemerait, a University of Georgia plant pathologist, says it will cause a wetter late fall and a wetter and cooler winter. We spoke with Dr. Kemerait about how farmers …