By Clint Thompson The Georgia Cotton Commission continues to preach the importance of enrolling in the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol. Enrollment for the 2021/’22 crop doubled since the program’s pilot last year. Farmers are seeing the value of being associated with the national organization, says Matt Coley, a cotton producer in Vienna, Georgia and member of the U.S. Cotton Trust …
USDA-NRCS Offers EWP after a Natural Disaster
With the 2022 hurricane season starting June 1st, and the fact forecasters have predicted another active season, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) wants to remind landowners about the Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP). If your area were to suffer damage from a natural disaster, the EWP can help relieve imminent hazards to life and property caused by floods, fires, windstorms and hurricanes. Aid …
GCC, UGA Advise Cotton Producers About Irrigation Use
By Clint Thompson The Georgia Cotton Commission (GCC) and University of Georgia Extension advise cotton producers with access to irrigation to keep their young crop irrigated amid the current dry conditions. Wes Porter, University of Georgia Cooperative Extension precision agriculture and irrigation specialist, discusses the importance of growers utilizing this important resource. “We obviously have a big opportunity to use …
Details on Lower Restaurant Spending During Pandemic
Numbers are in for the costs the pandemic had on restaurants. That’s today’s This Land of Ours. Detailed numbers are coming in for consumers’ food-buying habits during the pandemic. USDA Economic Research Service’s Food Expenditure Series shows significantly lower spending at restaurants during 2020, which was expected because of the many closures because of the pandemic. The question has been: …
Promoting EQIP in Georgia
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Georgia wants to remind producers and landowners across the state that technical or financial assistance can be applied for year-round through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). Through EQIP, agricultural producers receive assistance to implement structural and management conservation practices that optimize environmental benefits on working agricultural land. Georgia State Conservationist Terrance O. Rudolph says EQIP covers all …
Promoting EQIP in Florida
Many producers and landowners are familiar with the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). But Florida State Conservationist Juan Hernandez, with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), invites you to learn more about all of the practices offered under EQIP. Through EQIP, assistance is available to help producers and landowners plan and implement conservation practices to provide environmental benefits on cropland, pasture, forestland, and associated agricultural land, …
Promoting EQIP in Alabama
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Alabama wants to remind producers across the state that all of the programs they offer have continuous signup. Alabama State Conservationist, Ben Malone, says that includes the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). Through EQIP, agricultural producers receive financial and technical assistance to implement structural and management conservation practices that optimize environmental benefits on working agricultural land. From time to …
USDA Accepting Applications for Organic Programs
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is accepting applications for the Organic and Transitional Education and Certification Program and Organic Certification Cost Share Program. The programs help producers and handlers cover the cost of organic certification, along with other related expenses. Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux says, “By helping with organic certification costs – long identified as a barrier to …
Beef Checkoff Meeting in Alabama This Week
A meeting of the Beef Checkoff Council in Alabama will take place this week. Alabama Cattlemen’s Association (ACA) Executive Vice President, Erin Beasley, says discussions will be held on both the state and national Beef Checkoff programs. For more information about the Beef Checkoff program in Alabama, contact the ACA office in Montgomery at 334-265-1867. Sponsored ContentFlorida Senator Shares Origins of Florida Cattle …
GCC, UGA Extension Caution Dryland Growers About Shallow-Planted Seed
By Clint Thompson The Georgia Cotton Commission (GCC) and University of Georgia Extension recommend dryland cotton producers be mindful of how deep they are planting their seed this spring. Hot and dry conditions are rampant across Southeast Georgia and should worsen this week. Growers can endanger their seed if it is planted too shallow. This is according to Wes Porter, …