Florida NRCS Encourages Irrigation Evaluations

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USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Florida wants to make sure landowners are familiar with Mobile Irrigation Labs and how they work. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Alabama NRCS Offers Many Different Programs

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Kurt Simon, acting state conservationist for USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama, talks about the various programs it offers for farmers and landowners. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Southeast AgNet This Week: Peanut and Cotton Acreage Updates

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Today’s issue of Southeast AgNet This Week includes updates on peanut and cotton acreage. Want to learn more? Click here to subscribe and view the current issue. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Florida Farm Bureau Honors Legislators for Their Leadership

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From Florida Farm Bureau: Gainesville, Fla. – Florida Farm Bureau has expressed special appreciation for a select group of state legislators. The organization is recognizing these leaders with the Legislators of the Year and Champions for Agriculture awards. They have consistently supported farm enterprise and economic opportunity in Florida during the 2015 regular and Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, …

ASTA Chair Voices Support of BLM’s National Seed Strategy During Event

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From the American Seed Trade Association: August 17: Today, American Seed Trade Association Chair Risa DeMasi, Grassland Oregon, voiced the seed industry’s support for the Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management’s National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration during a rollout event in Boise, ID. “The seed industry, in particular the conservation and reclamation seed sector, has a long …

Western Cotton Farmers Tour Georgia Agriculture

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From the Georgia Cotton Commission: Cotton producers from California and Arizona had a statewide tour of Georgia agriculture August 2-7 as part of the National Cotton Council’s (NCC) Producer Information Exchange (P.I.E.) program. Now in its 27th year, the P.I.E. program is sponsored by Bayer CropScience through a grant to The Cotton Foundation. The program is designed to give cotton …

USDA Video: USDA Week In Review August 14

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A weekly look at some of the events and activities at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In this edition of USDA Week In Review: Dealing with drought in Texas, feeding children in Africa, and alternatives to antibiotics. For more information go to: www.usda.gov www.nrcs.usda.gov www.fas.usda.gov www.ars.usda.gov www.flickr.com/photos/usdagov Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst …

The Cotton Board Recommends $76 Million Cotton Incorporated Budget to Secretary of Agriculture

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From The Cotton Board: (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) – During its Annual Meeting in Miami, Florida The Cotton Board reviewed and voted to recommend Cotton Incorporated’s proposed 2016 budget of $76 million to the Secretary of Agriculture. This is a $4 million decrease from the 2015 budget. Based on projected collections, The Cotton Board will draw approximately $8 million from reserves to …

Florida Forest Service Sends Crews to Battle Louisiana Wildfire

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From the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services: TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam H. Putnam announced today that the Florida Forest Service is sending two crews of 40 wildland firefighters to assist wildfire suppression efforts in the Kisatchie National Forest in Louisiana. With these deployments, 129 Florida Forest Service fire personnel are currently deployed and assisting in various …

Apalachicola Oyster Woes Spur Calls for Tighter Enforcement

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From THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA By MARGIE MENZEL APALACHICOLA, August 13, 2015……….Apalachicola Bay is taking a long time to recover from a 2012 collapse that also severely damaged the local economy. Roughly 100 seafood workers have left the Franklin County area to find work. And financial stress is tempting the remaining workers to harvest oysters smaller than the legal …