Tyron Spearman has more details from USDA’s monthly crop reports which were released this week. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided …
Irma Interrupts Alabama Corn Harvest, Complicates Cotton Crop
Farmers are scouting for damage from Tropical Storm Irma, which dropped several inches of rain and blew winds up to 50 mph in east and central Alabama Monday. The storm, which raged across the Florida peninsula last weekend, interrupted corn harvest for some Alabama growers, said the Alabama Farmers Federation’s Carla Hornady. “The rain pushed some farmers to work long …
Some Georgia Cotton Fields Hurt by Hurricane Irma
We keep hearing over and over again that it’s a bit early for good estimates of crop damage from Hurricane Irma. But according to Georgia Cotton Commission’s Richey Seaton, efforts are underway to get that information for the cotton crop in their state. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …
Peanut Crop Update
Tyron Spearman has this week’s peanut crop update. 09-13-17 Peanut Crop Update Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, …
Hurricane Impacts on Cotton Crop Better Known Next Month
USDA’s September crop production report was released Tuesday, but information for that report was collected well before Hurricane Irma made its way through the Southeast. USDA staff will soon be collecting more data on crops in states impacted by the recent hurricanes, and according to this report from Rod Bain, those updates will be for use in the October crop …
Celebrating National Peanut Day
Cathy Isom has a few different ways of celebrating a popular ingredient, snack, and superfood. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Today is a day Peanut Lovers Unite for National Peanut Day, which is celebrated annually on September 13th. Peanuts, which actually aren’t nuts at all, they’re legumes. Simply dry fruits in the same family as …
Peanut Estimates Rise Again
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS) released its September crop reports, and according to Tyron Spearman, peanut estimates rose again. 09-12-17 Peanut Estimates Rise Again Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy Farmers of Florida Director …
Increase in Cotton Production Estimate
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS) released its September crop reports, and Anthony Prillaman with NASS in Washington D.C. says cotton production estimates are up in the latest numbers. 09-12-17 Increase in Cotton Production Estimate Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That …
Cotton May Take a Hit from Irma, Hopefully Peanuts Will Not
Any impact from Irma on cotton won’t show up until next week’s crop progress numbers. Stephanie Ho has the story. 09-12-17 Cotton May Take a Hit from Irma USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey says peanuts will hopefully remain unscathed by Irma. 09-12-17 Hopes That Irma Will Not Impact Peanuts Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to …
Farmers Looking for Sunshine to Dry Peanut Fields Out
Rains from Hurricane Irma left peanut fields across much of the Southeast doused. But as Tyron Spearman reports, most fields should be in good shape once the sun comes out and drying allows growers to get back in the fields for harvest. 09-11-17 Peanut Farmers Looking for Sunshine to Dry Fields Out Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For …