Yesterday, President Obama released his proposed budget for fiscal year 2013 which includes a $32 billion reduction in agricultural spending. Tyron Spearman has a look at that along with the National Cotton Council’s survey which shows fewer cotton acres this year. Ag Cuts: Download Audio Acreage: Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up …
AL Ag Department Working to Overcome Budget Shortfalls
During this second week of Alabama’s Legislative Session, Ag Commissioner John McMillan says they are keeping their eye on the budget. 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 Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials …
Losing the Trans Fats
A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association reveals that between 2000 and 2009, the average level of trans fatty acids in the blood of American’s dropped 58 percent. 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 …
Mexican Fruit Fly Eradication Successful
An 84- year-old problem has been eliminated from Texas and the United States. Susan Carter has the story on the eradication of a longtime pesky insect. USDA’s Susan Carter reports with Rebecca Blue, Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs. Download Audio News post sponsor: Got Labor? Need Labor? Phone toll free 1-877-758-5035 Click here to contact Labor …
ASA Statement on President’s Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 2013
February 14, 2012…St. Louis, Mo… President Barack Obama unveiled his budget for fiscal year 2013 yesterday; a proposal that includes a $32 billion reduction in agricultural spending. American Soybean Association (ASA) President Steve Wellman, a soybean farmer from Syracuse, Neb., issues the following statement on the president’s proposal: Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up …
Vilsack Refers to 2013 USDA Budget as Stable
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack believes stable is the right word to describe the Department’s newly proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2013. General: Download Audio Produce: 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 Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application …
President’s Budget Threatens to Tax Agriculture Out of Business
WASHINGTON (Feb. 14, 2012) – President Barack Obama Mon., Feb. 13, 2012, proposed a multi-trillion-dollar-budget. The president said the budget is designed to spur job creation and impose higher taxes on the rich. However, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association President J.D. Alexander said the president’s take on the estate tax threatens job creation and punishes the producers of food and fiber. …
Increasing Production
Research will improve food production. Everett Griner tells us what is going on in the research world. 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 Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026
Valentine Flowers
Of the approximately $15.7 billion that will be spent to celebrate Valentines Day in the U.S., roughly 1.7 billion will be spent on flowers. 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 Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of …
Beef Price Increases Will Continue
Grocery shoppers have been noticing a rise in beef prices over the past few months and analysts are saying the chances are slim that shoppers will see beef prices decline any this year, as Gary Crawford has the story. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …