Ag News Reports From Tallahassee – Go Darly Go!!

Gary Cooper Citrus, Florida, General

Southeast AgNet’s newsgathering intern this Legislative Session is Darly Adams (photo left). For this report she provides our listeners with comments from Senate Agriculture Chairman Charlie Dean (photo right), as well as some comments from a couple of our Florida state FFA officers on the scene at the state Capitol this week. In the photo is Florida’s state FFA President …

AL Major League Rodeo in Montgomery

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cattle, General, Livestock

Alabama’s only major league sporting event, the Southeastern Livestock Exposition Rodeo, is back in Montgomery for its 52nd consecutive year taking place March 5th thru 7th at Garrett Coliseum. Tickets are available in downtown Montgomery at the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association office or to learn more log on to www.bamabeef.org. Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly …

Cool Names Make for Cool Foods

Randall Weiseman General, Vegetables

A new Cornell University study showed that when 186 four-year olds were given “X-ray Vision Carrots” they ate nearly twice as much as they did on the lunch days when they were simply labeled as “carrots.” And the influence of these names persisted with the children continuing to eat about 50% more carrots even on the days when they were …

FL Legislative Session Underway

Randall Weiseman Cattle, Florida, General

The 2009 Florida legislative session officially began Tuesday in Tallahassee as Governor Crist gave his state of the state address. Florida Cattlemen’s Association’s Sam Ard said lawmakers will be busy dealing with the state’s budget issues. Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Propane on the Track

Randall Weiseman Energy, General

NASCAR Team Owner, Jack Roush is promoting his company’s new line of propane-fueled Ford trucks and vans seeing alternative fuels as a positive step in the struggling U.S. auto industry’s journey out of it’s current dire economic state. Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

New Poultry Litter Application Method

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Field Crops, Florida, General, Georgia, Poultry

A team of scientist have found a way to place poultry litter deeper into the ground to greatly reduce the risk of nutrient runoff in possible nearby watersheds. Agriculture Research Service Engineer Thomas Way says the tool has been successfully tested in fields throughout the southeast. Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag …

Putnam Introducing New Food Safety Legislation

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Citrus, Florida, General, Georgia, Peanuts, Specialty Crops

The most recent outbreak of salmonella in peanut butter and last summer’s outbreak that mistakenly blamed Florida tomatoes has food safety on everyone’s mind. Florida Congressman Adam Putnam (left) is introducing new food safety legislation, the Safe Food Enforcement, Assessment, Standards and Targeting Act (Safe FEAST Act). The measure, which has bipartisan support, will modernize food safety regulations and give …