Ag in Review for the Week of January, 2013

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Beef, Cattle, Citrus, Corn, Cotton, Crop Forecasts, Dairy, Field Crops, Florida, General, Georgia, Livestock, Peanuts, Poultry, Soybeans, Specialty Crops

A highlight of agricultural news for this week from around the Southeast. To hear weekly reviews subscribe to our podcast. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

USDA Boosts Production Estimates for Some 2012 Crops

Randall Weiseman Corn, Field Crops, Soybeans

Gary Crawford has a report on some of the highlights of today’s USDA crop reports including the current wheat crop. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Record Peanut Crop for 2012

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Corn, Cotton, Field Crops, Florida, Georgia, Peanuts, Soybeans

Most people already knew this but USDA’s final report for the 2012 crop shows it was a record crop for peanuts as Tyron Spearman has those numbers along with a look at some of the other crops including corn and soybeans. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober …

Final 2012 Cotton Numbers Up From 2011

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

USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service released their final 2012 crop reports this morning and Steve Maliszewski with NASS in Washington D.C. has the cotton numbers. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Sweet Corn

Dan Agri View, Alabama, Corn, Field Crops, Florida, General, Georgia

Is it possible to make sweet corn even sweeter? Everett Griner tells us just how this is being done. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Cotton Farmers Have 3 Southeastern Varieties from Bayer to Choose From

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

As our farmers contemplate what to plant this year, Jeff Brehmer, product manager with Fibermax and Stoneville Cotton, says they have three great cotton varieties specifically developed for the southeast. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

New COO for FFA

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cattle, Citrus, Corn, Cotton, Energy, Equine, Field Crops, Florida, Forestry, General, Georgia, Livestock, Nursery Crops, Peanuts, Pork, Poultry, Soybeans, Specialty Crops

The National FFA Organization has recently named Joshua Bledsoe of N.C., the chief operating officer of the more than 550 thousand member organization. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

GA & AL Included in Latest USDA Drought Declaration and AL Congressman Appointed to House Ag Committee

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Field Crops, General, Georgia, Livestock, Weather

USDA has made their first disaster declaration for 2013 and numerous counties in both AL and GA were included. Tyron Spearman has the details along with a story regarding the appointment of an AL Congressman to the House Ag Committee. Drought Declaration Download Audio Ag Committee Appointment Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly …

Monsanto Continuing to Work on New Ways to Address Weed Management

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cotton, Field Crops, Florida, Georgia, Soybeans

Weed management continues to be a top priority for our cotton growers here in the southeast, which is why U.S. Cotton Business Lead for Monsanto, Scott Bowman, says they are working to expand the growers options in years to come. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, …

Alabama Cotton Grower Represents Southeast at Cotton Beltwide

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

Today is the final day of the 2013 Beltwide Cotton Conference and Mike Tate, a cotton grower from Huntsville, Alabama and President of the Southern Cotton Growers Association, is another who was able to make the trip to San Antonio. I talked with him about what the Association does for growers along with a reminder about their annual meeting coming …