The American Farm Bureau has renewed its charge that an internal memo on the ‘Waters of the U.S.’ proposed rule is a ‘smoking gun’ against the Environmental Protection Agency. AFB executive director Dale Moore talks about how the Corp claimed in the memo released by a House Committee last week that EPA misinterpreted and misapplied Corps’ data in writing the …
USDA Video: USDA Week In Review August 7
A weekly look at some of the events and activities at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In this edition of USDA Week In Review: The high price of firefighting, checking trees to save them, National Farmers Market Week, and Feds Feed Families. For more information go to: www.usda.gov www.fs.fed.us www.aphis.usda.gov www.ams.usda.gov www.usda.gov/fedsfeedfamilies blogs.usda.gov www.flickr.com/photos/usdagov Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers …
UGA to Honor 2015 inductees into Georgia Agricultural Hall of Fame
From the University of Georgia: Athens, Ga. – On Sept. 25, the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences will induct U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss and pioneering northeast Georgia dairy farmer the late Thomas Breedlove Sr. into the Georgia Agricultural Hall of Fame. The inductions will be held as part of the college’s Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board …
Search Committee Named to Seek Dean of UGA’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
From the University of Georgia: Athens, Ga. – University of Georgia Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Pamela Whitten has appointed a committee to begin a national search to fill the position of dean and director of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Unique Opportunity For Applied ResearchOctober 24, 2025Florida Cattle …
Florida Forest Service Breaks National Prescribed Fire Record
From the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services: TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam H. Putnam today announced that the Florida Forest Service treated more than 246,000 acres of state forests with prescribed fire over the last 12 months, the highest number ever reported by a state forestry agency in United States history. The Florida Forest Service, …
Simon Takes Over as Acting State Conservationist in Alabama
While the search is on to find a new Alabama state conservationist for USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, Kurt Simon has officially taken over as acting state conservationist. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Unique Opportunity For Applied ResearchOctober 24, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role in Applied Beef Cattle ResearchOctober 17, 2025FCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity …
Forest Service Report: Rising Firefighting Costs Raises Alarms
U.S. Department of Agriculture: WASHINGTON, Aug. 5, 2015 — For the first time in its 110-year history, the Forest Service, part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is spending more than 50 percent of its budget to suppress the nation’s wildfires. A new report released today by the Forest Service estimates that within a decade, the agency will spend more …
Florida Forest Service Sends Crew to Battle Wildfires in California
From the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services: TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam H. Putnam announced today that the Florida Forest Service is sending a crew of 20 wildland firefighters to assist wildfire suppression efforts in northern California. Wildland firefighters are currently battling more than a dozen large wildfires in northern California, including the Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement …
Alabama NRCS Promoting Programs Through RCPP
Steve Musser, assistant state conservationist for programs with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama, explains how one proposal through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program is already underway. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Unique Opportunity For Applied ResearchOctober 24, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role in Applied Beef Cattle ResearchOctober 17, 2025FCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity …
Southeast AgNet This Week: Crop Insurance Options; Peanut Conference
Today’s issue of Southeast AgNet This Week includes news on expanded crop insurance options and reports from the Southern Peanut Growers Conference. Want to learn more? Click here to subscribe and view the current issue. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Unique Opportunity For Applied ResearchOctober 24, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role in Applied Beef Cattle ResearchOctober 17, …