Senate Farm Bill Update

Randall Weiseman General

There’s a long way to go with the making of a new farm bill, as Tyron Spearman updates where things stand at this time in the U.S. Senate.  Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

USDA Changes Hands

Randall Weiseman General

The Acting Secretary of Agriculture Chuck Conner held a telephone press conference with reporters Monday to talk about his priorities. Conner is an Indiana farm boy who has served as Deputy Secretary of Agriculture under Johanns since 2005. President Bush has not yet nominated a permanent secretary to replace Mike Johanns who resigned last week to run for US Senator …

FL Time to Spray Invasive Weeds

Randall Weiseman General

Fall is here and a good time for meaures to control those invasive weeds.  Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Sunbelt Ag Expo Coming October 16-18

Randall Weiseman General

A quick reminder that the annual Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition is just around the corner, as this years show will take place October 16th-18th in Moultrie, Georgia.   Report (:15 mp3) Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

THE FARM DOG!

Gary Cooper Agri View, Alabama, Beef, Cattle, Citrus, Corn, Cotton, Crop Forecasts, Dairy, Florida, General, Georgia, Peanuts, Pork, Soybeans, Specialty Crops, Sugar, Vegetables

Being the dog lovers we are around the network headquarters, I thought I’d share this commentary in particular. It’s from Southeast AgNet’s long-time commentary producer, Everett Griner. He first did this one many years ago, and I recently asked him to do it again so it would become part of these network on-line archives. By the way, in case you’re …

International Precision Ag Symposium Coming To Florida

Gary Cooper Citrus, General, International, Specialty Crops, Vegetables

The International Symposium: “Application of Precision Agriculture for Fruits and Vegetables” is set for Orlando January 6-9, 2008. Here are a couple of documents with more details. Press Release (pdf file) Program Details (pdf file) Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Lowell Teal Wins More Awards For Books In FL Setting

Gary Cooper Florida, General

I’ve known author Lowell Teal since somewhere around the late 1970’s. He was very involved in Farm Bureau circles back when I was starting my career at Florida Farm Bureau. Lowell has since become a big time author, now winning awards for his Bath Pond series of books that are set in old time Florida. He got his latest award …

Research Continues to Stop Fire Ants

Randall Weiseman General

Across the Southeast we continue to fight those pesky fire ants, but new research underway may have found at least one way to control them.  Report (:30 mp3) Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Ag Secretary Johanns Resigns

Randall Weiseman General

In a letter to President Bush, Mike Johanns has resigned as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.  Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Interest Rate Cut Helps Farmers

Randall Weiseman General

Farmers across the country can benefit from the interest rate cut handed down from the Fed Tuesday.  Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024