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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Field Crops”

That’s Corny!

Dan July 6, 2011 Agri View, Alabama, Corn, Florida, General, Georgia

Everett Griner tells us how corn has become America’s most vital grain crop, worldwide! Download Audio

Plantings Report Isn’t the End of the Story for GA Cotton Acres

Randall Weiseman July 5, 2011 Cotton, Georgia, Weather

Georgia Cotton Commission’s Richey Seaton says that even though last weeks National Ag Statistics Service plantings report showed a large increase in cotton acres, it will not be until the harvest numbers start to come out before we know the whole story. Download Audio

AL Cotton Acres Up, but Peanuts and Soybean Down

Randall Weiseman July 5, 2011 Alabama, Corn, Cotton, Field Crops, Peanuts, Soybeans

Last weeks National Ag Statistics Service plantings report showed a pretty significant increase in Alabama cotton acres, but Bill Weaver, Director of the Alabama NASS field office, says those acres came at the expense of peanuts and soybeans. Download Audio

Sunbelt Expo Field Day is Thursday & Peanut Proud Making More Deliveries

Randall Weiseman July 5, 2011 Alabama, Corn, Cotton, Field Crops, Florida, Georgia, Peanuts, Soybeans

The annual Sunbelt Agriculture Expo Field Day is coming up this Thursday in Moultrie, Georgia as Tyron Spearman has the details along with an update from Peanut Proud on how collections are allowing them to make even more deliveries of peanut butter to storm victims. Field Day: Download Audio Peanut Proud: Download Audio

Stink Bugs

Dan July 5, 2011 Agri View, Alabama, Field Crops, Florida, General, Georgia, Nursery Crops, Specialty Crops, Vegetables

This is another bug invasion from Asia. Everett Griner explains. Download Audio

Producers Encouraged to Attend Sunbelt Field Day July 7

Randall Weiseman July 4, 2011 Alabama, Corn, Cotton, Field Crops, Florida, Georgia, Peanuts, Soybeans

Producers are reminded about the Sunbelt Ag Expo’s upcoming field day, Thursday July 7. Executive director Chip Blalock says the tour will offer timely information with over 40 stops throughout the research farm. Download Audio

McMillan Starts Drought Emergency Declaration Process

Randall Weiseman July 4, 2011 Alabama, Corn, Cotton, Field Crops, Soybeans, Weather

Alabama Ag Commissioner John McMillan has asked for a review of drought conditions in the state in order to begin the process of declaring a federal drought emergency. Download Audio

Markets React to Plantings Report

Randall Weiseman July 4, 2011 Corn, Cotton, Crop Forecasts, Field Crops, Peanuts, Soybeans

Tyron Spearman looks more into last week’s USDA planted acres report and how the numbers for certain crops have a lot of people talking especially with how they affected the markets. Download Audio

GA Cotton Acreage Up But Still Suffering From Drought

Randall Weiseman July 1, 2011 Cotton, Georgia, Weather

USDA’s National Ag Statistics Service annual planting report showed that GA cotton acreage is up from last year. But executive director of the Georgia Cotton Commission Richey Seaton says what the report doesn’t show is how those acres are suffering under this lingering drought. Download Audio

Alabama Holding 2012 Farm Bill Listening Forum

Randall Weiseman June 30, 2011 Alabama, Cattle, Cotton, Field Crops, Florida, Forestry, General, Georgia, Livestock, Nursery Crops, Peanuts, Specialty Crops

In anticipation of the 2012 Farm Bill, U.S. Representative Martha Roby is hosting a Farm Bill listening forum jointly with Alabama Agriculture Commissioner John McMillan, as the event is underway right now at the Pike County Cattlemen’s Association buildng just south of Troy, Alabama. The forum agenda has a host of farmers from Alabama’s Second Congressional District speaking about relevant …

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Five-Year Strategy for Fruit Flies Announced
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) has released its Fruit Fly Exclusion and Detection Program Strategy. The plan covers the period of 2024 to 2028. The agency called the document “a unified roadmap” for protecting American agriculture from the threat of invasive fruit flies. USDA APHIS worked with […]
Finger Lime Field Day Draws Mostly Non-Citrus Crowd
Only a few Florida commercial citrus growers were on hand for an April 24 finger lime field day at the Citrus Research and Education Center (CREC) in Lake Alfred. Most of the more than 40 attendees did not own citrus groves, and about half were women — definitely not the standard crowd for a CREC […]