Bayer CropScience to acquire US-based Hornbeck Seed Company

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

Monheim, March 23, 2011 – Bayer CropScience announced today that it has entered into an agreement to purchase Hornbeck Seed Company Inc. (HBK), a privately-held company headquartered in DeWitt, Arkansas, USA. Hornbeck is a seed company supplying soybean, rice, and wheat varieties in the southern US-market, with an in-house soybean breeding program and proprietary soybean germplasm. Bayer CropScience will acquire …

GCC Educating Consumers at GA Ag Awareness Day and Beyond

Randall Weiseman Cotton, Georgia

Karen Nikitopoulos, communications program manager with the Georgia Cotton Commission, recently had the opportunity to educate school children and lawmakers alike during Georgia’s Ag Awareness Week kick-off event. Download Audio Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundAugust 29, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

FFB Updates Issues Briefs on Website

Randall Weiseman Field Crops, Florida, Georgia, Livestock, Specialty Crops

In an effort to keep it’s members informed the Florida Farm Bureau’s Agricultural Policy Division has put together eight new issue briefs on important topics facing our state and industry. Download Audio Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundAugust 29, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Budgets Cuts to Hurt Peanut Research & No Change to Peanut Posted Price

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Peanuts

Budget cuts are a major topic not only for local and state governments but on a national basis as Tyron Spearman looks at one area that will be hit hard should these cuts take place along with an update on this week’s peanut pricing information. Research: Download Audio Pricing: Download Audio Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundAugust 29, 2024CIR Agriculture …

Farm Tours

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

There is a new concept to food production. Everett Griner tells us what this is. Download Audio Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundAugust 29, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Trying to Tone Down EPA & Giving the Skinny on Nuts

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

Today Tyron Spearman looks at efforts that have been underway in our nation’s capitol to help tone down things with the EPA along with providing information about a new promotion put together by the National Peanut Board. Washington: Download Audio Promotion: Download Audio Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundAugust 29, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in …

AL Hosting Agricultural Landscapes Forum

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Energy, Field Crops, Florida, General, Georgia, Specialty Crops, USDA-NRCS

Farmers, natural resources managers, researchers and academics from across the Southeast are among those providing comments at the Agricultural Landscapes Southern Regional Meeting today at the Alabama 4-H Center in Columbiana. I talked with Sheldon Jones, Vice President of the Farm Foundation and organizers of the meeting, as to the purpose of this event. Download Audio Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers …

Future Farmers

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

Today Everett Griner looks at how education and encouragement are big factors to farming future. Download Audio Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundAugust 29, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Bayer Crop Science Will Not Resume MIC Production

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

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — Bayer CropScience has announced that the company has decided not to restart the transitional production of methyl isocyanate (MIC) at its site in Institute, West Virginia. As a result, the company will move forward immediately with decommissioning of the reconfigured MIC and associated production units as well as the closure of Woodbine. Download Audio Sponsored …