Alabama School Nutrition Association

Alabama School Nutrition Association Awards Ag Commissioner With Friend of the Year

Dan Agri-Business, Alabama, Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries (ADAI), Events, Industry

The Alabama School Nutrition Association has awarded Alabama Agricultural Commissioner Rick Pate with their Friend of the Year Award during their annual meeting. Commissioner Pate said, “I am truly honored to receive the Friend of the Year Award. The work that school nutrition directors and staff put in every single day to serve Alabama’s students does not go unnoticed. I …

pesticides

Using Pesticides Wisely Trainings Announced for 2026

Dan Cotton, Georgia Cotton Commission (GCC), Pest/Pest Control

Cotton growers will have a tool back in their toolbox this upcoming season, but with that comes additional training. Clint Thompson with Southeast AgNet has the story. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle IndustryFebruary 20, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Allows Viable Research in the Cattle IndustryFebruary 6, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …

National Peanut Month

Join the Celebration of National Peanut Month

Dan Agri-Business, Events, National Peanut Board, Peanuts

In March, during National Peanut Month, you can join the celebration featuring one of America’s favorite snack foods. This little legume is a powerhouse of flavor, they say, and with versatility. Humans have been consuming the peanuts since 1400 BC, a long time. Also known as ground nuts, the peanut grows underground and belongs to the leguminae family, which includes peas and beans. …

USMEF

USMEF Highlights Near Record Pok Exports in 2025 While Beef Exports Impacted By Lack of Access To China

Dan Agri-Business, Beef, Cattle, Export/Import, Exports/Imports, Livestock, Marketing, Pork, U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF)

The US Meat Export Federation is highlighting the gains of meat exports in the USDA’s 2025 year-end data. USMEF President and CEO Dan Halstrom provided an overview of the near record pork exports last year. “A very good month at 258,000 metric tons for the month of December. That gives us an annual total that comes in with the number three …

Alabama Cattlemen

Alabama Cattlemen’s Association Annual Convention Opens in Mobile This Week

Dale Sandlin Alabama Cattlemen’s Association (ACA)

The Alabama Cattlemen’s Association’s Annual Convention opens in Mobile this week and we caught up with Erin Beasley with Alabama Cattlemen’s Association to get more details. Beasley said, “Well we’re looking forward to a very large attendance at the Mobile Convention Center there, March 6th and 7th will be the ACA Convention and Trade Show. We’re going to have a very large …

doctrine

Using Pesticides Wisely Trainings Announced for 2026

Clint Thompson Georgia Cotton Commission (GCC)

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced new, two-year registrations to allow for dicamba products for over-the-top (OTT) use in dicamba-tolerant cotton and soybeans. However, these registrations include new label restrictions that producers must be aware of before using in order to be effective stewards of this technology. The Georgia Department of Agriculture and University of Georgia Extension has announced …

One Farmer One File

USDA Announces One Farmer, One File Initiative

Dan Agri-Business, Economy, Funding, Technology, USDA, USDA-FSA, USDA-NRCS

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has announced that USDA is launching the “One Farmer, One File” initiative. The effort is meant to modernize the department’s efforts by making “sweeping technological improvements,” with a single record that follows the farmer no matter where they interact with the department.  â€śEvery single day at USDA, our focus is on making life easier, …

peanut stocks

USDA Peanut Stocks Report Details

Dan Export/Import, Exports/Imports, Peanuts, USDA

USDA has issued new numbers on peanut stocks. They say the stocks of peanuts because of the big crop last year are higher, but lower usage is being reported. They said the U.S. peanut export forecast has been reduced to a billion pounds. Now all the way down to 1.3 billion pounds total, the U.S. has exported fewer peanuts, down 17%, for …

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Farmer Bridge Assistance Program

Rollins Announces Farm Bridge Assistance Program Opening

Dan Agri-Business, Export/Import, Exports/Imports, Field Crops, Funding, Trade, USDA, USDA-FSA

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has announced that USDA is opening the enrollment period for the new Farmer Bridge Assistance Program. It’ll provide $11 billion in one-time bridge payments to row crop production in response to temporary trade markets and temporary disruptions in trading and increased production costs. The enrollment period opens up February the 23rd and closes on April the 17th. These …