AL Peanut Harvest Struggling

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Field Crops, Peanuts, Weather

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. Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundAugust 29, 2024CIR Agriculture …

Cotton Crop Report

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

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. Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundAugust 29, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Fertilizer Enhance Products Can Improve a Producer’s ROI

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

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. Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundAugust 29, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

GA Peanut Commission Nominations & No Change to Posted Price

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Peanuts

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. Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundAugust 29, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

USDA Designates 19 Counties in Georgia as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Field Crops, Georgia, Weather

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. Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundAugust 29, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

New Cotton Extension Agronomist Discusses Cotton Varieties

Randall Weiseman Cotton, Georgia

UGA’s new extension cotton agronomist, Guy Collins, gave his depute presentation during the Georgia Farm Bureau convention where he discussed the departure of 555 and the growing pains of exploring new varieties. Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundAugust 29, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

FFB Expecting an Interesting Legislative Year

Randall Weiseman Field Crops, Florida, General, Livestock

As we start to look ahead to Florida’s Legislative Session, Ben Parks, director of state legislative affairs for Florida Farm Bureau says that it could be a very interesting year. Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundAugust 29, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

ALFA Members Positive Despite A Difficult Harvest

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cotton, Field Crops, General

The Alabama Farmers Federation held their annual meeting earlier this week and president Jerry Newby said the overall mood was very positive. Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundAugust 29, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

CO2 Study Showed Mixed Results

Randall Weiseman Energy, Field Crops, Forestry, Soybeans

Agricultural Research Service scientists have looked at how rising carbon dioxide could affect crops, forests, and pastures and the overall results were mixed. Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundAugust 29, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024