MEMPHIS – The National Cotton Council said today that the proposed program changes included in President Obama’s FY10 budget for USDA fail to recognize the work recently completed by Congress on the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008. The NCC emphasized that after a lengthy and arduous debate, the current farm law, which is still being implemented, introduced significant …
Chambliss Displeased with Proposed 2010 Budget
Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, Senator Saxby Chambliss, received testimony last week focused on child nutrition and the school setting. Witnesses testified on behalf of school meal programs, the Summer Food Service Program, WIC, and the Child and Adult Care Feeding Program. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida Cattle IndustryOctober …
Bayer Crop Science Committed to Growers
Bayer Crop Science held their annual Southeast Technical Seminar this past week in Georgia, where consultants and others learned the latest information concerning crop products for the upcoming season. One of the speakers was their new Southeast district sales manager, John Hand from Auburn, Alabama who told me Bayer Crop Science is no longer a one-crop company. To learn more …
Disappointment with Dust Regulation Ruling
Both the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and National Pork Producers Council are disappointed with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision to deny a petition for review of the EPA’s rule that regulates dust under the Clean Air Act. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida Cattle IndustryOctober 31, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …
Monsanto Launches Genuity
ST. LOUIS (Feb. 25, 2009) – Monsanto has announced the launch of Genuity™, a family of traits designed to work together to enhance crop potential and simplify trait selection for farmers. The Genuity brand will differentiate and unify the agriculture company’s technology products under one platform and make it simpler for growers to select the traits best suited for their …
Maybe You Should Try Them—You Might Like!
Everett Griner tells us how a certain ‘sweet’ vegetable is growing in popularity. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida Cattle IndustryOctober 31, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Unique Opportunity For Applied ResearchOctober 24, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role in Applied Beef Cattle ResearchOctober 17, 2025
Cotton Production Meetings Offer Rare Opportunity
The University of Georgia and the Georgia Cotton Commission are still touring the state with their 2009 Cotton Production Meetings and The Georgia Cotton Commission Executive Director, Richey Seaton says that the meetings offer a rare opportunity. Next week meeting include Dodge, Turner, Jeff Davis, Elbert, Morgan, Brooks, Lowndes, Bulloch, Effingham, Toombs, Treutlen, Montgomery and Wheeler Counties. Click here for …
Socially Disadvantaged Farmer Program
The 2008 Farm Bill created some new categories in the Environmental Quality Incentive Program in order to broaden the outreach to possible customers that NRCS may not have been working before. John Curtis, Research Conservationist explains one of those new programs. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida Cattle IndustryOctober 31, 2025Florida Cattle …
Coalition Wants More Ethanol in Gas
Members of the Governors’ Biofuels Coalition say they want the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to issue a waiver to allow the sale of 13 percent ethanol blends. The ethanol blend rate into gasoline is currently 10 percent. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida Cattle IndustryOctober 31, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Unique …
More Corn for Ethanol
Even though researchers are getting closer to being able to utilize cellulosic feedstocks for ethanol, Agriculture Department Analyst David Stallings says that corn will still play a big role in the biofuels industry. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida Cattle IndustryOctober 31, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Unique Opportunity For Applied ResearchOctober …