Alabama Farmers Federation was recognized with six Awards of Excellence and two President’s Awards during the opening session of the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) Annual Meeting Jan. 8 in Phoenix, Arizona. Federation President Jimmy Parnell accepted the awards for Alabama’s 100-person convention delegation and almost 360,000 member families. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps …
Analyst Predicting $6 Soybeans in 2017
Soybean acres are predicted to rise as corn and wheat prices continue to struggle. Richard Brock of Brock and Associates in Chicago is predicting that planted acres will rise from 83 million this year to 87 million in 2017. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher …
Syngenta Calls Palmer Amaranth No. 1 Weed to Watch For
Syngenta agronomists are calling last year’s most noxious weed, Palmer Amaranth, the number one weed to watch for in 2017. It’s continuing to spread north into new states and shows resistance to multiple herbicide modes of action. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New …
Smithfield Cutting Back on Gestation Crates
The world’s largest pork producer, Smithfield Foods, said this week they’ve moved 87 percent of their pregnant sows out of gestation crates to group housing. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides …
Entrepreneurs Share Insights for Taking on Investors
Building networks, understanding the capital needs of your business and being flexible to deal with the unexpected are critical components for success in seeking investors in a start-up company. These were some of the key messages from a panel of agriculture technology and food entrepreneurs who shared their advice learned during the Farm Bureau Agriculture Investment Summit on Jan. 7. …
Farm Bureau Distinguished Service and Founders Awards: Bob Stallman and James Quinn Honored
The American Farm Bureau Federation presented its highest honors, the Distinguished Service Award to Bob Stallman and the Farm Bureau Founders Award to James Quinn, posthumously, during AFBF’s 2017 Annual Convention & IDEAg Trade Show in Phoenix. AFBF established the Distinguished Service Award in 1928 to honor individuals who have devoted their careers to serving the national interest of American …
Farm Bureau President to Congress: Slash Regulations, Reform Immigration/Ag Labor
American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall and thousands of Farm Bureau members today asked Congress to pass sweeping reform of regulations that burden the lives of farmers and ranchers. Their request followed by days the introduction of major legislation to reassert congressional authority over agencies that increasingly ignore the law and basic constitutional limitations on their power. “The election …
Farm Bureau Women Focusing on Leadership in 2017
Continued focus on sharpening leadership skills is critically important for Farm Bureau members and volunteer leaders, according to national Women’s Leadership Committee Chair Sherry Saylor, an Arizona crop farmer. Saylor encouraged Farm Bureau women to engage and connect more with consumers in the coming year. She made her remarks to the American Farm Bureau Women at AFBF’s 2017 Annual Convention …
Ag in Review for the Week Ending January 6, 2017
In our recap of agricultural news from around the Southeast for the week ending January 6, we have a report from the annual Southeast Regional Fruit and Vegetable Conference, talk about the Longleaf Initiative, have information about the introduction of peanut products to infants, politics and the farm bill, Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps …
Farm Groups Touting Benefits of Agricultural Trade
The National Milk Producers Federation joined 15 other farm organizations in sending a letter to President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Michael Pence highlighting the importance of trade to America’s farmers. Echoing points made in NMPF’s own letter to the President-elect last month, the producer groups’ Jan. 6 letter stated: “We know that securing positive benefits for American farmers, ranchers, …