GCC Educating Consumers at the Georgia National Fair

Randall Weiseman Cotton, Georgia

The Georgia National Fair in Perry, GA is in full swing this week and Karen Nikitopoulos, communications program manager with the Georgia Cotton Commission, says they are taking advantage of the opportunity to educate consumers about cotton. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

EPA Releases Strategic Plan

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Energy, Field Crops, Florida, Georgia, Specialty Crops

EPA has issued its fiscal 2011 to 2015 draft blueprint for advancing five strategic goals including action on climate change, protecting America’s waters and ensuring the safety of chemicals. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

October Crop Estimates

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Corn, Cotton, Crop Forecasts, Field Crops, Florida, Georgia, Peanuts, Soybeans

USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service released their major crop forecasts this morning, something many in the industry have been waiting to see, and Tyron Spearman runs through not only peanut crop numbers, but cotton, corn and soybeans too. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

October Cotton Report Up Slightly

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cotton, Crop Forecasts, Florida, Georgia

The October all cotton crop production report was released this morning, and Shiela Corley with USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service in Washington D.C. says the numbers are up slightly this month. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

NRCS Extends Sign-up Period for Conservation Stewardship Program

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Field Crops, Florida, General, Livestock, USDA-NRCS

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7, 2010 – Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Chief Dave White today announced the ranking period cut-off date for producer applications in NRCS’ Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) has been extended to January 7, 2011. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Fewer Peanuts on Loan

Randall Weiseman Peanuts

The number of peanuts in the loan from last year’s crop is about gone, as Tyron Spearman looks at the figures. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

New Study Shows Benefits of Bt Corn to Farmers

Randall Weiseman Corn, Field Crops

WASHINGTON, October 7, 2010 — A group of agricultural scientists reported in today’s issue of the journal Science that corn that has been genetically engineered to produce insect-killing proteins isolated from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) provides significant economic benefits even to neighboring farmers who grow non-transgenic varieties of corn. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers …

Bill Gillon Named Cotton Board CEO

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cotton, Florida, Georgia

(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) – The Cotton Board is pleased to announce William A. “Bill” Gillon as its new President and CEO. Cotton Board Chairman Craig Shook, a producer from Corpus Christi, Texas, stated “Bill brings an outstanding record of achievement and service within the cotton industry to the Cotton Board. He is respected throughout agriculture as well as the U.S. Department …

Trade Issue Updates

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Field Crops, Florida, Georgia, Poultry, Specialty Crops

There is some news on the trade front as the following report has updates on the first U.S. chicken shipment to Russia and the trucking dispute with Mexico. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Final Direct Payments Coming

Randall Weiseman Cotton, Field Crops, Peanuts

Next week USDA will start issuing the final direct payments for growers who signed up in the program, as Tyron Spearman has the details. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024