Federation of State Beef Councils Moving On

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Beef, Cattle, Florida, Georgia, Livestock

The Federation of State Beef Councils has been working since this summer with efforts to become more independent as their chairman, Scott George, said they are moving on. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Allows Viable Research in the Cattle IndustryFebruary 6, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Track Record Well Received By LegislatorsJanuary 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Supports Beef …

SE Farmers Seeing Good Yields with New Asgrow Soybean Variety

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Field Crops, Georgia, Soybeans

This season’s excessive heat and lack of moisture, resulted in lower yields for many southeastern farmers, but Burton Heatwole of Waynesboro, Georgia, says that despite all of this his Asgrow brand Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield soybeans still yielded an impressive 65 bushels per acre. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Allows Viable Research in the Cattle IndustryFebruary 6, …

Consumer Tool Available to Show Safety of Produce

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Specialty Crops, Vegetables

A new report, Perspective on Pesticide Residues in Fruits and Vegetables has been released in order to give consumers more information about the safety of fruits and vegetables. The report includes a calculator that allows consumers to determine just how much of their favorite foods could be consumed in a day without any health effects from pesticide residues. Download Audio …

History Behind American Farm Bureau’s Thanksgiving Survey

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Dairy, Florida, General, Georgia, Poultry

This marks the 25th year of the American Farm Bureau Thanksgiving Survey and in celebration we have its history from the person responsible, American Farm Bureau Federation Director of Membership and Program Development, Marsha Purcell. Stay tuned next week for the numbers from the 2010 Thanksgiving survey. How it got started: Download Audio Challenges throughout the years: Download Audio Continued …

Farmer vs. EPA

Dan Agri View, Alabama, Beef, Cattle, Citrus, Corn, Cotton, Dairy, Equine, Field Crops, Florida, Forestry, General, Georgia, Livestock, Nursery Crops, Peanuts, Pork, Poultry, Soybeans, Specialty Crops, Sugar, Vegetables

Is the EPA making unreal proposals? Everett Griner looks into it and gives us his view. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Allows Viable Research in the Cattle IndustryFebruary 6, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Track Record Well Received By LegislatorsJanuary 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Supports Beef Education and Promotion ProgramsJanuary 23, 2026Florida Cattle Producers Proactive In Research Efforts …

Progress Being Made in Fight Against Palmer Amaranth

Randall Weiseman Cotton, Georgia

Despite some challenges, this year’s cotton crop seems to of survived relatively well. But of course one challenge that producers across the state are continuing to deal with is glyphosate resistant palmer amaranth, but UGA Weed Scientist, Dr. Stanley Culpepper, says there has been some progress in that area as well. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Allows Viable …

BQA Helps Producers with Antibiotic Usage

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Beef, Cattle, Dairy, Florida, Georgia, Livestock

Today’s BQA Quality Report is brought to you by your state and national Beef Quality Assurance programs as Max Irsik, with the University of Florida and BQA State Coordinator in Florida, says it’s important for producers to know what is needed when it comes to antibiotic use for their cattle herds. Download Audio Get to know your BQA program by …

Peanuts Fighting Other Commodity Prices

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Field Crops, Florida, Georgia, Peanuts

Peanut contracts have been out lately as many wonder how those prices will be able to compete with some of the other commodity prices being seen lately, as Tyron Spearman looks at what has been offered. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Allows Viable Research in the Cattle IndustryFebruary 6, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Track Record Well Received By …

Food Sources

Dan Agri View, Alabama, Florida, General, Georgia

The origin of food still confuses some. Everett Griner tries to clear this us a bit. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Allows Viable Research in the Cattle IndustryFebruary 6, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Track Record Well Received By LegislatorsJanuary 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Supports Beef Education and Promotion ProgramsJanuary 23, 2026Florida Cattle Producers Proactive In Research Efforts …

New Breeding Tools Allow for Better Cotton Varieties

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cotton, Georgia

Heat tolerance is a prime factor when it comes to developing new varieties of cotton for the Southeast, and vice president of agricultural research for Cotton Incorporated, Kater Hake, says that the development of new breeding tools is allowing them to better incorporate genes that have a high stress tolerance. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Allows Viable Research …