WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2010 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack issued the following statement on Pigford settlement agreement funding today approved by the U.S. Senate: “President Obama and I pledged not only to treat all farmers fairly and equally, but to right the wrongs of the past for farmers who faced discrimination. Today, the Senate took a bold step and provided …
Numbers Indicate Good Peanut Crop Overall
While dry conditions did affect the peanut crop in some areas, Tyron Spearman runs through the numbers released by NASS which show it still looks to be a pretty good crop this year. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
USB Sponsoring Media Room at Ag Connect Expo 2011
Ag Connect Expo 2011 is coming to Atlanta on January 8-10, 2011. And Vanessa Kummer, communications chair for the United Soybean Board, says they’re excited to be involved in this world-class event by sponsoring the media room. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
High Corn Prices
Corn prices are near record high. What does this mean for the consumer? Who else does this affect? Everett Griner tells us the answers. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
NPB Promoting Research Efforts
Today Tyron Spearman has information about some of the latest efforts by the National Peanut Board. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
SE Farmers Seeing Good Yields with New Asgrow Soybean Variety
This season’s excessive heat and lack of moisture, resulted in lower yields for many southeastern farmers, but Burton Heatwole of Waynesboro, Georgia, says that despite all of this his Asgrow brand Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield soybeans still yielded an impressive 65 bushels per acre. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed …
Farmer vs. EPA
Is the EPA making unreal proposals? Everett Griner looks into it and gives us his view. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
Progress Being Made in Fight Against Palmer Amaranth
Despite some challenges, this year’s cotton crop seems to of survived relatively well. But of course one challenge that producers across the state are continuing to deal with is glyphosate resistant palmer amaranth, but UGA Weed Scientist, Dr. Stanley Culpepper, says there has been some progress in that area as well. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, …
Peanuts Fighting Other Commodity Prices
Peanut contracts have been out lately as many wonder how those prices will be able to compete with some of the other commodity prices being seen lately, as Tyron Spearman looks at what has been offered. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
Not Much Change in Finalized Version of Numeric Nutrient Criteria
The final rules for EPA’s numeric nutrient criteria for Florida’s waters are published and don’t differ much from the proposal released back in January. But Staci Braswell with the Florida Farm Bureau Federation says thankfully the 168 page rule does allow for a delayed implementation period. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, …