Today Tyron Spearman looks at the latest estimates for both the cotton and pecan crops along with information from this week’s National Peanut Board meeting which took place in Atlanta. Crops: NPB:
Putnam: Sportsmen Should Have Voice in Ocean Policy Discussions
WASHINGTON – Congressman Adam Putnam today urged the Obama Administration to include representation from recreational fishing in discussions about new regulations that could affect access to coastal fishing areas. A letter from Putnam and Congressman Dan Boren (D-Okla.) warns that “restricting access to waters or enacting overly broad regulations that affect recreational fishing could prove counter productive. Such measures could …
USDA to Soon Announce Farm Program Rules
USDA is planning to announce several highly-anticipated rules and regulations before the end of the year.
Moonlight Madness
If you want a 9 to 5 job, farming is not the job for you. Everett Griner tells us how harvest season goes on day and night!
AL Peanut Harvest Struggling
While figures show that nationally 94 percent of the peanut crop has been dug and combined, there are still fields across the southeast that have yet to be touched due to the wet fall. And Randy Griggs, Executive Director of the Alabama Peanut Producers Association, said it’s been a long harvest.
Cotton Crop Report
The National Agriculture Statistics Service released their monthly crop forecast for the 2009 cotton crop this morning as Shiela Corley with USDA NASS in Washington D.C. has the December numbers.
Who Started This?
Today, Everett Griner tells us who we are indebted to and why.
Fertilizer Enhance Products Can Improve a Producer’s ROI
Fertilizer can ultimately help a producers bottom line, but Melanie Acklin, director of marketing with Specialty Fertilizer Products, says they have two products that can help fertilizer gain even more efficiency.
GA Peanut Commission Nominations & No Change to Posted Price
Nomination meetings to fill three positions on the Georgia Peanut Commission Board will be held yet this month, as Tyron Spearman has the details on that along with this week’s peanut posted price.
USDA Designates 19 Counties in Georgia as Primary Natural Disaster Areas
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, 2009 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated 19 counties in Georgia as primary natural disaster areas due to losses caused by severe storms and flooding that occurred from Sept. 18, 2009, and continuing.