Twenty-three peanut growers and sheller representatives from across the Southeast, Texas and Virginia-Carolina area began Class X of the Peanut Leadership Academy Dec. 12-14, 2016, in Miramar Beach, Florida. The Peanut Leadership Academy is hosted by the Southern Peanut Farmers Federation and is a cooperative effort between Syngenta Crop Protection, the American Peanut Shellers Association and grower organizations. The program …
CSP Sign-Up Continues in Alabama
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Alabama encourages landowners to sign up for funding through the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP). Alabama state conservationist Ben Malone says NRCS has made several updates to the program this year to help producers better evaluate their conservation options and the benefits to their operations and natural resources. Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober …
Sign Up Now for Wetland Reserve Easements in Florida
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Florida wants to remind agricultural landowners and Indian tribes that applications are being accepted for a Wetland Reserve Easement until January 13 for fiscal year 2017 funding. Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
UF/IFAS Top 10 Extension publications cover snakes, avocados, vegetable gardening, more
Vegetable gardening, bahia grass, living with snakes and identifying poisonous plants. These are the topics for some of the top University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension documents from 2016. Here’s this year’s list of the top 10 publications from the UF/IFAS Electronic Data Information Source: Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly …
Research Shows Wind Turbines Impact on Field Crops
Wind turbines that often dot fields throughout the Midwest may benefit row crops, according to new research by Iowa State University. Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
Canada Releases Six Ranches Under Quarantine for Bovine TB
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency last week released six ranches, or premises, from a federal quarantine after a micro-outbreak of bovine tuberculosis was reported in September. Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
Court Dismisses Mississippi River Basin Nutrient Standards Case
In what agriculture groups call a victory, a federal court last week dismissed a lawsuit that would have forced the Environmental Protection Agency to impose strict nutrient standards on farmers in the Mississippi River Basin. Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
EU and Japan Finalizing Free Trade Agreement Talks
The European Union and Japan are nearing completion of negotiations on a free trade deal. Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
Former U.S. Trade Official Says TPP Likely to Resurface
A former U.S. trade official says the Trans-Pacific Partnership is not really dead and could resurface during President-elect Donald Trump’s term. Wendy Cutler, a former acting deputy U.S. Trade Representative, told the Washington International Trade Association last week she believes TPP was a victim of “bad timing.” Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst …
U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council Members Named
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has appointed 13 members and their alternates to the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council to serve 3-year terms of office beginning Jan. 1, 2017. Newly appointed producer members are Bill Steed, of Pauma Valley, Calif.; Brittany H. Lee, of Gainesville, Fla.; Adair Chambers Peterson, of Homerville, Ga.; George Fritz Jr., of Bloomingdale, Mich.; Tim Wetherbee, of Hammonton, …