Karen Nikitopoulos with the Georgia Cotton Commission says they have been busy the last couple of days promoting cotton at the Georgia Farm Bureau Annual Meeting in Jekyll Island through their trade show and commodity session efforts. Download Audio
Peanuts Discussed at annual GFB Meeting
Tyron Spearman is attending Georgia Farm Bureau’s annual meeting which started yesterday and has this update about a variety of ways peanuts are being discussed and brought out there. Download Audio
Ag in Review for the Week of November 29, 2010
A highlight of agricultural news for this week from around the Southeast. To hear weekly reviews subscribe to our podcast .
FFB Sponsoring Three Upcoming Labor Seminars
Florida Farm Bureau is sponsoring some upcoming Labor Seminars and assistant director of Ag Policy, Joshua Craft, encourages growers to attend these free opportunities to learn more about the ever changing rules of labor. Download Audio Seminar Schedule: Monday, Dec. 6 at the Hardee County Civic Center in Wauchula Tuesday, Dec. 7 at the Florida Citrus Building (Nora Mayo Hall) …
Minimum Storm Damage
The 2010 hurricane season is now over and today Everett Griner gives us some statistics from the agricultural point of view. Download Audio
Cotton Inc Using Diverse Strategies to Accomplish Singular Goal
Mark Messura, senior vice president of global supply chain marketing with Cotton Incorporated says their mission is actually quite simple, but it’s the numerous ways they achieve that goal that makes their efforts so diverse. Download Audio
Peanut Posted Price Rises & Disaster Signup Deadline Nears
The weekly peanut posted price has been raised again as Tyron Spearman looks at those numbers along with a reminder about a deadline nearing that some growers need to be aware of. Download Audio Download Audio
Senate Passes Food Safety Legislation
The U.S. Senate has passed the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act and now it is up to Congress to reconcile the Senate bill with the House version of food safety reforms by the end of the lame-duck session . Download Audio Some Ag groups are concerned about some of the exemptions in the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. Download Audio
Becker Underwood Products for Peanut Growers
When it comes to inoculating your peanut crop each year Kurt Seevers, Field Development Leader for Becker-Underwood, said their products have been proven through research done here in the Southeast. Download Audio
One-Horse Farms
Small farms are making a comeback. Everett Griner talks on this today. Download Audio