farmers

Farm Bill Extension Continues

Dan Farm Bill, Field Crops, Legislative, Peanuts

Last month, the current Farm Bill was extended, and as Tyron Spearman reports, that extension will continue for a while longer. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Enrollment

Enrollment Dates Announced for Agricultural Programs

Dan Agri-Business, Funding, Peanuts

Enrollment periods for various agricultural programs have been announced. Tyron Spearman has more details. How To Apply To enroll in the ARC or PLC programs, agricultural producers can contact their local FSA office or apply for ARC and PLC online. The deadline to enroll is April 15. Enrollment involves selecting the desired program, providing necessary documentation, and adhering to application deadlines. More …

peanut industry

Stressing Importance of Commodity Checkoff Programs

Dan Peanuts

Agricultural groups have sent a letter to President Donald Trump stressing the importance of commodity checkoff programs. As Tyron Spearman reports, those groups include the U.S. Peanut Federation. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Florida

Florida Cotton Growers Association to Hold Annual Meeting

Dan Cotton

The Florida Cotton Growers Association (FCGA) will hold their 4th Annual Meeting at the UF/IFAS Jackson County Extension Office in Marianna, FL on Friday, February 21st, 2025.  FCGA President, James Marshall of Baker, FL, will call the meeting to order at 10 am CST. Various industry experts will join the group to cover pertinent issues regarding the cotton industry and the …

adequate supply

Alabama-Florida Peanut Show is January 30

Dan Peanuts

Peanut growers across the Southeast are being reminded about the 20th annual Alabama-Florida Peanut Trade Show. It will be held Thursday, Jan. 30th, from 8am-1:30pm central time at the National Peanut Festival Fairgrounds in Dothan, Alabama.  Tyron Spearman has more details. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

tuberville

USDA to Measure Financial Well-Being of Farmers and Ranchers

Dan Agri-Business, Cattle, Census of Agriculture, Field Crops, USDA-NASS

The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will spend the next few months gathering information about land ownership income, expense, debt, asset, demographic and other landlord characteristics to provide detailed information from agricultural landowners. The Tenure, Ownership, and Transition of Agricultural Land (TOTAL) survey will ask producers to provide in-depth information about their operating revenues, production costs, and household characteristics. “TOTAL will …

corn

American Agriculture History Minute: Mechanical Corn Shellers Introduced

Dan American Agriculture History Minute, Corn, Field Crops, This Land of Ours

I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Corn has always been an important part of American agriculture history, but shelling it – usually by hand – was a difficult one for families, and the process normally was a community affair, family and friends gathering together for a shelling bee. Mechanical corn shellers were introduced in the 1800s as …

crop production numbers

More 2024 Crop Production Numbers

Dan Corn, Cotton, Field Crops, Peanuts, Soybeans

Last week, the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released updated crop production numbers for last year’s crops. Tyron Spearman runs through more of those numbers. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024