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Join the Celebration of National Peanut Month

 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. …

trade deficit

USDA Points to Factors Impacting Reducing Agricultural Trade Deficit

With the reduction in the estimated Agricultural trade deficit that was recently announced, we sat down with Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Luke Lindberg to learn what factors were impacting this reduction. Under Secretary Lindberg said, “You know, we’ve had really some significant progress across not only a number of different markets around the world, where we’ve had …

Farm Bill 2.0

Pork Exports Remain Strong

The National Pork Producers Pork Forum opens today in Kansas City, with the pork trade remaining strong. Pork export sales remain strong, in fact last week’s total the highest so far this year, Mexico, remaining our number one customer. CME Lean Hog Index, the highest since mid-November. April Lean Hog Futures reached a high on February the 6th, up at 99.80. Futures fell back from …

National Peanut Month

Join the Celebration of National Peanut Month

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. …

Alabama Cattlemen’s association

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

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

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

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

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 …