Estate Tax in Question

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cattle, Cotton, Field Crops, Florida, Forestry, General, Georgia, Livestock, Nursery Crops, Peanuts, Specialty Crops

Many in agriculture are worried what may happen with the estate tax as Tyron Spearman looks at what some in our nation’s capitol are saying about it. Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Acts As Catalyst For Timely ResearchSeptember 26, 2025

An Apple a Day

Dan Agri View, Alabama, Florida, General, Georgia

There are changes in the apple world coming. Everett Griner tells us about some of them. Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Acts As Catalyst For Timely ResearchSeptember 26, 2025

Tough to Agree Upon Climate Change Resolution

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Energy, Field Crops, Florida, Forestry, General, Georgia, Specialty Crops, Vegetables

American Farm Bureau chief economist, Bob Young, says when you look at the cap and trade proposals in both the U.S. House and Senate, the one thing that is agreed upon is that there will certainly be a major impact on agriculture. However not agreed upon, is whether that change will be good or bad. Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides …

New Herbicide Tolerant Trait Technology for Soybeans

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Field Crops, Georgia, Soybeans

With soybean acreage on the rise here in the Southeast, Kevin Tomka, District Sales Manager with Dow AgroSciences, says that they have a new herbicide tolerant trait technology that will help growers maintain that acreage while battling herbicide resistance. Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida …

U.S. Cattle on Feed Down 1 Percent

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cattle, Florida, Georgia, Livestock

Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter in the U.S. on December 1st was 11.3 million head, which was 1 percent below December 1, 2008. Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Acts As Catalyst For Timely ResearchSeptember 26, 2025

NCBA Concerned about Estate Tax

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

Colin Woodall, Vice President of Government Affairs for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, talks about the estate tax law and what it means that it’s set to expire at the end of the year. Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Acts As …

Peanut Exports are Down

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Peanuts

The latest peanut export and import numbers have been released as Tyron Spearman reports most came in lower again. Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Acts As Catalyst For Timely ResearchSeptember 26, 2025

Varroa Mite

Dan Agri View, Alabama, Citrus, Florida, General, Georgia

Where did it come from and what is its connection to CCD? Everett Griner tells us what scientists’ are working on about this. Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Acts As Catalyst For Timely ResearchSeptember 26, 2025

Weekly Livestock Market Report

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cattle, Florida, Georgia, Livestock

For the last time in 2009, here are the cattle market numbers put together by the livestock market news services in Alabama, Florida and Georgia for the week ending December 18th. AL: FL: GA: Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Acts As …

Chambliss Request USDA and EPA to Update Climate Change Analysis

Randall Weiseman Energy, Field Crops, Forestry, General, Georgia, Livestock, Specialty Crops

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) and U.S. Representative Frank Lucas (R-Okla.), ranking members of the Senate and House Agriculture Committees respectively, have sent letters to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson regarding the climate change legislation analysis models used by both USDA and the EPA. Full text of the …