Alabama Hosts Cochran Fellowship Program Training

The state of Alabama was host to a recent training for folks from Haiti through the Cochran Fellowship Program. Lawrence McGhee, with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama, explains. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant …

GATE Discussed at 2016 Ag Issues Summit

The Georgia Ag Issues Summit took place this week at the Georgia National Fairgrounds, and a good crowd was on hand to discuss various issues. Bryan Tolar, president of the Georgia Agribusiness Council, was pleased with the event. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded …

USDA Designates 8 Counties in Alabama as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

From the U.S. Department of Agriculture: WASHINGTON, Aug. 11, 2016 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated Chambers, Franklin, Jefferson, Lamar, Lawrence, Marion, Randolph, and St. Clair counties in Alabama as primary natural disaster areas due to damages and losses caused by a recent drought. Farmers and ranchers in the following counties in Alabama also qualify for natural …

USDA Designates 11 Counties in Georgia as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

From the U.S. Department of Agriculture: WASHINGTON, Aug. 11, 2016 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated eleven counties in Georgia as primary natural disaster areas due to losses caused by a recent drought. Those counties are: Barrow, Dawson, Harris, Lumpkin, Pickens, Talbot, Troup, Union, Upson, Walton and White Farmers and ranchers in the following counties in Georgia …

EPA Sets Scientific Advisory Panel Meeting on Glyphosate

The Environmental Protection Agency will hold a scientific advisory panel meeting this fall to review the widely used herbicide glyphosate. However, the Federal Register notice of the meeting offered no indication on whether the panel will consider the conclusions of an EPA assessment that found glyphosate poses no significant cancer risk. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement …

Farmers Markets Must Visit List

With more than 85-hundred farmers markets in the U-S, it could be a little hard to canvass them all in your lifetime. Cathy Isom tells you about the Farmers Markets you might want to put on your must-visit list. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding …

Seminole Tribe Challenges Water Standards

FROM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA By JIM SAUNDERS THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, August 9, 2016………. The Seminole Tribe of Florida has filed a legal challenge against controversial new state water-quality standards, arguing they don’t adequately take into account the amount of fish and other wildlife eaten by tribal members. The tribe filed the challenge Monday in the state Division of …

Declines Found in Ag Land Values and Cash Rent

According to a new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, both farmland values and cash rents have dropped from last year’s levels. This is only the second time that farmland values have dropped since the 1980s farm crisis. The USDA report shows farmland values in the lower 48 states declined $10 to average $3,010 per acre. Cropland values Sponsored …

Shop Smarter at Farmers Markets

It’s not rocket science when it comes to why we go to Farmers Markets. Buy local – support local. Cathy Isom explains how to shop smarter at your local Farmer’s Market. That story’s ahead on This Land of Ours. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher …

Negron to Pursue Money to Buy Everglades Land

FROM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA By JIM TURNER THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, August 9, 2016………. Lawmakers will be asked next year to approve bonding a big chunk of environmental preservation money to support the incoming Senate president’s desire to buy sugar farmland for water storage in the Everglades south of Lake Okeechobee. Sen. Joe Negron, whose Stuart community has been …