USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service invites those interested to take part in the Veteran and Small Farmer Workshop this Friday, July 31st in Milton, Florida. NRCS District Conservation in Santa Rosa County, Trent Mathews explains. Download Audio RSVP’s are encouraged so go to http://www.farmcredit-fl.com/workshop.aspx or call 850-623-0407. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed …
Southeast AgNet This Week: Crop Insurance Options; Peanut Conference
Today’s issue of Southeast AgNet This Week includes news on expanded crop insurance options and reports from the Southern Peanut Growers Conference. Want to learn more? Click here to subscribe and view the current issue. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
Providing Risk Management Tools for More Producers
We told you last week that the USDA was expanding crop insurance to provide Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO) and the Actual Production History (APH) Yield Exclusion to cover fresh fruit and nuts in select counties beginning with the 2016 crop. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says this coverage started earlier for other crops like corn, cotton, cottonseed, grain sorghum, soybeans, wheat …
RFA to EPA: Put the RFS Back on Track!
From the Renewable Fuels Association: WASHINGTON — In comments submitted to Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) Administrator, Gina McCarthy, the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) urged the agency implement the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) as Congress intended, and to abandon its proposal to substantially slash the annual amount of biofuels that are to be blended with gasoline. In a letter accompanying the written …
USDA Video: USDA Week In Review July 24
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, a new weight management tool, visitors from Nepal, and man-made wildlife habitats. For more information go to: www.usda.gov www.usda.gov/oce/weather/ www.cnpp.usda.gov www.nrcs.usdagov www.flickr.com/photos/usdagov Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata …
Roberts Introduces Bill To Repeal Meat Labeling
From the National Pork Producers Council: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 23, 2015 – Legislation introduced today by Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., would repeal country of origin labeling requirements for beef, pork and poultry and stave off trade retaliation from Canada and Mexico, a move hailed by the National Pork Producers Council. The U.S. Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) …
House Passes H.R. 1599, the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act
From the House Committee on Agriculture: Today, Rep. K. Michael Conaway (R-TX), Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following statement after the House passed H.R. 1599, the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act by a vote of Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
USDA Broadens Crop Insurance Options for Fruit and Nut Producers
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack called Southeast AgNet this morning. He wanted growers across our region to know that the U.S. Department of Agriculture made an announcement this week concerning the expansion of crop insurance to provide additional options. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
NRCS Providing Conservation Client Gateway
Conservation Client Gateway is a new tool that allows producers and landowners the alternative to work with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) via the internet as a supplement to in-person support. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
Vilsack Testifies before Agriculture Committee
From the House Committee on Agriculture: Today, the House Agriculture Committee held a public hearing to conduct general oversight of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack testified, taking questions from committee members on various programs and projects the department manages and Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New …