Early Season Varieties Can Have Broad Adaptability

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cotton, Georgia

Phytogen Cotton Seed is testing a new full season variety this year in hopes for it to be ready for planting in 2010. But Steve Brown, Cotton Development Specialist with the company, says they currently have varieties in the market that have performed quite well for producers. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed …

AL-FL Peanut Trade Show is Thursday

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Florida, Peanuts

The annual Alabama-Florida Peanut Trade Show coming up this Thursday, February 12th in Dothan, Alabama and Teresa Wilson, information specialist with the Alabama Peanut Producers Association, said growers from across the region are invited to attend. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Headline for Cotton Gives Consistent Results

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cotton, Georgia

BASF Chemical Company launched Headline for cotton during the 2008 growing season through a large number of on-farm trials in the Southeast and Dr. Amber Shirley, Technical Service Specialist, says that the results showed some real promise amid last year’s unique growing season. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober …

USDA Suspends PCA & Peanut Stocks and Processing

Randall Weiseman General, Georgia, Peanuts

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it is suspending, and proposing to debar, Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) and its subsidiary Tidewater Blanching LLC from doing business with the federal government. Tyron Spearman has the details of that along with the latest peanut stocks and processing numbers. USDA Suspends PCA: Stocks and Processing: Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, …

Alabama’s Precision Farming Incentive Cut-Off Date February 13

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Field Crops, USDA-NRCS

The Alabama Natural Resource Conservation Service has announced sign-up for the new Precision Farming Incentive. This is a continuous sign-up with a batching date of February 13, 2009. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Growers Invited to Peanut Trade Show

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Florida, Peanuts

Randy Griggs, executive director of the Alabama Peanut Producers Association, invites growers to the annual Alabama-Florida Peanut Trade Show Thursday, February 12th at the National Peanut Festival Fairgrounds in Dothan, AL. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Counter Cyclical Payment Info

Randall Weiseman Cotton, Field Crops, Peanuts

Today Tyron Spearman runs through the counter cyclical payment figures released by USDA. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Positive Attributes of Tobacco

Randall Weiseman Field Crops, General

Tobacco is usually associated with negative health impacts but thanks to a study conducted by Virginia Tech researchers, George Norton says genetically modified tobacco plants could bring forth some potential pharmaceutical benefits Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Peanut Industry Busy with Salmonella Case

Randall Weiseman General, Georgia, Peanuts

The outbreak of salmonella in certian food items containing peanut butter and peanut paste produced by the Peanut Corporation of America at its Blakely, Georgia processing plant has everyone involved with the peanut industry busy, according to Georgia Peanut Commission’s Don Koehler. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, …

Cotton Growers Depend on Leadership

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cotton

Cortland, Alabama producer and Cotton Board member Larkin Martin says that the cotton industry has seen major changes in recently years and that the Cotton Board and it’s partners have helped producers navigate these shifts. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024