In this week’s Around the State with Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture Rick Pate, Southeast AgNet’s Randall Weiseman talked to the commissioner about a special event that was held last week. Learn more about peanuts in the state on the Alabama Peanut Producers website. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …
Florida Lawmakers Release Budgets
Week three of the 2023 Florida Legislative Session saw lawmakers from both the House and Senate releasing their budgets for the upcoming fiscal year. Florida Cattlemen’s Association (FCA) Director of Governmental Affairs, Sam Ard, notes the two preliminary budgets don’t quite mirror each other. To learn more, contact the FCA office in Kissimmee. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement …
Vilsack Announces School Lunch Actions
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is making another investment in school lunch programs. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. The USDA announced several actions to expand support for and access to the school meal programs, including awarding $50 million in grants that will increase collaboration between schools, food producers and suppliers, and other partners to develop nutritious, …
CBB Past Chair Discusses Value of Beef Checkoff
Cattle producers Jimmy Taylor from Oklahoma, Andy Bishop of Kentucky, Ryan Moorhouse from Texas and immediate Past Chair Norman Voyles of Martinsville, Indiana, are the 2023 leaders for the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion & Research Board (CBB.) AgNet Media’s Will Jordan recently caught up with Voyles to discuss the value added to cattle by the Beef Checkoff. The current CBB officer team is …
Cotton Trust Protocol Deadline Is March 31
By Clint Thompson The Georgia Cotton Commission reminds growers that the deadline to enroll in the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol for 2022 is Friday, March 31. Tillman White, program operations manager for the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol, discussed the benefits of why producers should participate in the program. “The deadline for 2022 enrollment is coming pretty fast. You can still …
Signup for Conservation Incentive Contracts in Florida Ends Friday
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Florida wants interested producers to know the signup for new Fiscal Year 2023 funding for Conservation Incentive Contracts (CIC), through the Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP) ends Friday, March 24. EQIP-CIC expands resource bene?ts for Florida producers through incentive conservation practices. This includes wildlife management, cover crops, nutrient management, conservation crop rotations, prescribed grazing and more. EQIP-CIC …
Sign-up for Conservation Practices in Georgia Ends Friday
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Georgia wants to remind producers the sign-up deadline for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) utilizing funding from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is March 24. This statewide sign-up will take two approaches to assist producers who plan to build climate resiliency into their operations. First, those applying for cover crops (Practice Code 340) will be administered …
Funding Cutoff for Climate Smart Agriculture in Alabama is Friday
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Alabama is reminding agricultural producers and forest landowners the first cut-off date to apply for funding to participate in voluntary conservation programs and adopt climate-smart practices is Friday, March 24. NRCS is making funds from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) available for its conservation programs. In Alabama, applications are being accepted state-wide for both IRA-Environmental Quality Incentives Program …
NCBA Concerned with District Court Decision to Let Harmful WOTUS Rule Stand
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) expressed strong disappointment this week in a decision by the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Texas to deny a nationwide preliminary injunction that would have halted the Biden administration’s harmful Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule from taking effect. “This latest WOTUS rule will place more burdens on family farms and ranches, …
USDA Awards Funding to Protect U.S. Cattle from FMD
USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) last week awarded the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) with $445,400 in funding to advance the Secure Beef Supply Plan. The plan would go into effect in the event of a foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak in the U.S. “NCBA is grateful for this critical funding to help continue defending the U.S. cattle herd from …