WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2010 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack issued the following statement on Pigford settlement agreement funding today approved by the U.S. Senate: “President Obama and I pledged not only to treat all farmers fairly and equally, but to right the wrongs of the past for farmers who faced discrimination. Today, the Senate took a bold step and provided …
Pleased with Extra Beef Checkoff Dollars
Robert Fountain, Jr. of Adrian, Georgia serves as Secretary-Treasurer of the Cattlemens Beef Board, and he told me this past week the extra beef checkoff dollars they were able to add to the fiscal 2011 budget became available after some projects this past year came in under budget. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response …
USB Sponsoring Media Room at Ag Connect Expo 2011
Ag Connect Expo 2011 is coming to Atlanta on January 8-10, 2011. And Vanessa Kummer, communications chair for the United Soybean Board, says they’re excited to be involved in this world-class event by sponsoring the media room. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That …
High Corn Prices
Corn prices are near record high. What does this mean for the consumer? Who else does this affect? Everett Griner tells us the answers. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the …
Federation of State Beef Councils Moving On
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 Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy Farmers of Florida …
SE Farmers Seeing Good Yields with New Asgrow Soybean Variety
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 Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril …
Consumer Tool Available to Show Safety of Produce
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
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
Is the EPA making unreal proposals? Everett Griner looks into it and gives us his view. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity …
Progress Being Made in Fight Against Palmer Amaranth
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 Provides Funding …