With the Georgia Legislature in its 10th week Gary Black, president of the Georgia Agribusiness Council, says that one of the important bills that the ag community has been pushing is House Bill 529. Sponsored ContentFL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers …
Peanut Posted Price Holds Steady & USDA Extends Buy-In Waiver
The peanut posted price for this week holds steady as Tyron Spearman has the numbers along with information that producers are eligible for 2008 disaster assistance authorized by the 2008 Farm Bill even if they did not previously obtain otherwise statutorily required crop insurance from the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) or Non-insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) coverage for …
GA Cattle Ranch Receives Stewardship Award
At the annual Georgia Agriculture Awareness day event held in Atlanta Tuesday, Governor Sonny Perdue awarded the 2009 Governor’s Agricultural Environmental Stewardship Award to Terry Chandler with Stillwater Farms in Madison County. Sponsored ContentFL 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 …
National FFA Organization Names Bill Fleet Acting COO
INDIANAPOLIS – The National FFA Organization announced today that Bill Fleet of Lititz, Pa., will become acting chief operating officer effective April 1, 2009. National FFA Advisor and CEO Larry D. Case, Ed.D., shared the news with agricultural education state leaders and National FFA staff, saying, “Bill Fleet brings to FFA a wealth of experience in the agriculture industry and …
Direct Payment Caps
The recent discussions regarding Direct Payment Caps to farmers has many producers concerned, but Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack says the cuts need to be made somewhere in order reach the goals of the administration while still controlling the current deficit. Sponsored ContentFL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World …
The Problem
Is there a problem with wilds hogs? Everett Griner tells us today just what is being done about them. Sponsored ContentFL 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, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Resources …
AL Reminds Producers about GRP Signup
GRP, or the Grassland Reserve Program, is a voluntary program offering landowners the opportunity to protect, restore, and enhance grasslands on their property. Eddie Jolley, Conservation Agronomist with Alabama’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, said they are offering the program for two areas of the state. Go to the Alabama NRCS website to learn more about GRP Sponsored ContentFL Cattle Enhancement …
GA Paint Horse Stallion Confirmed with CEM
Georgia Department of Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin reports that lab tests have confirmed a Georgia paint horse is infected with contagious equine metritis (CEM), a highly contagious, but treatable, venereal disease of horses. For more information on CEM click Here Sponsored ContentFL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm …
What’s New?
What is new in synthetic fuel? Everett Griner tells us about it. Sponsored ContentFL 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, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Resources To Researchers For Applied ResearchJune 12, 2026
Space Shuttle Launch Has Ag News Angle
As you will hear in this special report from AgNet correspondent Allen Fugler, this week’s launch of the Space Shuttle has an agriculture news angle, as the space program continues its work to help agriculture here on earth with photographic capabilities being enhanced in space. Sponsored ContentFL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded …