USDA DESIGNATES 41 ALABAMA COUNTIES PRIMARY NATURAL DISASTER AREAS Decision Allows Farmers and Ranchers to Apply for USDA Assistance WASHINGTON, May 17, 2007 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture designated 41 Alabama counties primary natural disaster areas due to unseasonably low temperatures, frost and freezing conditions that occurred from April 6, 2007, through April 8, 2007.Ă‚Â Those counties are: Sponsored …
AL and FL NRCS Hold Plant Materials Workshop
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service got together this week on Dauphin Island to demonstrate the importance of the Plant Materials program in hurricane recovery. Find out more about the NRCS Plant Materials Program. AL Report (2:00 wma) FL Report (1:00 wma) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Industry Supports Administration of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 9, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support …
Reach for Stars Winner Waiting on Rain
A diversified farmer from Georgia who was one of this year’s winner of the American Soybean Association/John Deere Reach for the Stars contest is waiting on the weather to really give his new precision ag system a work out. Report (1:00 wma) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Industry Supports Administration of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 9, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant …
Farm Broadcasters Help NASS
The National Agricultural Statistics Service is stepping up its efforts in the next Census of Agriculture to reach out to small, minority, rural lifestyle and beginning farmers. In Washington DC recently, Adminstrator Ron Bossecker told farm broadcasters that NASS would be relying on them heavily to make sure all farmers participate in the Census.. Report (1:00 wma) USDA NASS Sponsored …
FL Congressmen on COOL
Country of origin labeling was part of the 2002 Farm Bill but it has yet to be implemented. Gary Cooper was recently in Washington DC and asked Florida Congressmen Adam Putnam and Allen Boyd about COOL and what they think will happen in the next farm bill with the labeling issue. Putnam Report (1:00 wma) Boyd Report (1:00 wma) Sponsored …
USDA Makes Proposals
The USDA has presented several proposals which may affect the peanut industry along with several other agricultural interests.Ă‚Â Tyron Spearman tells us what these proposals are and hnow they may affect us. Ă‚Â Report (1:15 wma) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Industry Supports Administration of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 9, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement …
COOL Soon to be a Topic Again
Country of Origin Labeling, according to David Ray with the American meat Institute, is something we will be hearing more and more about in the upcomingĂ‚Â weeks. Ă‚Â Report (1:00 wma) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Industry Supports Administration of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 9, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to Cattle …
The Florida Report for May
Kerry Herndon, owner of Kerry’s Bromeliad Nursery, and Louis E. “Red” Larson, founder of the Larson family’s dairies, will be featured on “The Florida Report” Wednesday, May 16, 2007 at 6:30 pm (EDT) on RFD-TV, the cable and satellite network devoted to rural issues and lifestyles. Kerry’s Bromeliad Nursery is one of the largest potted orchid complexes in the world. …
House Passes Disaster Aid
The US House of Representatives last week passed a separate appropriations bill dealing with agricultural disaster aid by a vote of 302-120 — enough votes to override a threatened presidential veto. The bill would provide $3.5 billion in agricultural disaster assistance for producers affected by various weather conditions over the past two years. Eligibility is based on whether producers carried …
Golden Plough for Saxby
The American Farm Bureau Federation has honored Senator Saxby Chambliss of Georgia with the organization’s Golden Plough aware for his commitment to US agriculture. Report (1:00 wma) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Industry Supports Administration of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 9, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to Cattle Producers in …