While we are just half-way through March, the Georgia Beef Board (GBB) is busy working on a big event coming up in May. GBB Executive Vice President, Dale Sandlin, says May is Beef Month in Georgia. For more information contact the GBB office in Macon at 478-474-1815 or go to their website, georgiabeef.org. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida …
Georgia Peanut Crop Conditions and Plans
At a recent meeting of the Peanut Shellers Association, Scott Monfort, University of Georgia Extension Peanut Agronomist, reported on the peanut crop conditions, and plans, for Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. In this report, Tyron Spearman reports what Mumford had to say about the Georgia peanut crop. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle IndustryFebruary 20, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …
Weekly Livestock Market Report Week Ending 3-12-2021
Here are the weekly livestock market reports for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, for the week ended March 12, 2021, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for all three states. AL Livestock Market Report: At Alabama Livestock Auctions for the week ended March 12, 2021, receipts at 21 markets totaled an estimated 17,200 head compared to 9,853 last week and …
Agriculture Included in New COVID-19 Relief Package
The $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, known as “The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021” is now official as President Biden signed the bill late last week. We’ve all heard how the package will include $1,400 stimulus checks for qualifying individuals, extends unemployment benefits, and more. But it also increases assistance through USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). And according …
Georgia Cattlemen to Auction Magazine Back Covers
Each year during the annual Georgia Cattlemen’s Association (GCA) Convention, a live event is held where they auction off the back cover for each issue of the monthly magazine. But due to Covid-19, the Convention was not held this year, so GCA will be conducting a tele-auction for the May 2021 through March 2022 back covers. GCA Executive Vice President, Dale Sandlin, …
Weekly Livestock Market Report Week Ending 3-5-2021
Here are the weekly livestock market reports for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, for the week ended March 5, 2021, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for all three states. AL Livestock Market Report: At Alabama Livestock Auctions for the week ended March 05, 2021, receipts at 21 markets totaled an estimated 9,900 head compared to 8,961 last week and …
Georgia Legislature Deals with Certain Ag Issues
Week eight of the 2021 Georgia State Legislative Session was a week where lawmakers spent time dealing with various issues of interest to agriculture. Georgia Agribusiness Council (GAC) President Will Bentley explains what some of those issues and bills were. Go to the GAC website to keep track of any bills during the 2021 legislative session. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers …
USDA in Georgia Announces April 2 Application Cutoff for CSP
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Georgia has announced the statewide cutoff for the fiscal year 2021 Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) funding is April 2, 2021. Georgia State Conservationist, Terrance O. Rudolph, urges all Georgia agricultural producers and landowners who wish to be considered for this year’s funding to apply. “CSP is the nation’s largest conservation …
‘Mr. Peanut’: Frank McGill Passes Away at Age 95
He was forever be known as “Mr. Peanut.” Frank McGill, the legendary University of Georgia Cooperative Extension peanut specialist who traveled to 21 countries during his career as a peanut consultant, including trips to Honduras, Suriname and Barbados to “jump start” local peanut production and help eliminate pellagra, a protein deficiency, passed away Wednesday night. He was 95. McGill’s accomplishments …
Seeking Nominations: GPC Encouraging Producers for National Peanut Board Election
The Georgia Peanut Commission (GPC) is encouraging producers to consider being nominated for the National Peanut Board. The commission will hold a nominations election on March 11 at 1 p.m. It will select two nominees for member and alternate to the National Peanut Board. “With Georgia growing the largest portion of peanuts in the country, it’s very important for us …