From the Georgia Peanut Commission: TIFTON, Ga. (July 9, 2015) U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and United States Trade Representative Michael Froman recently announced the appointment of Brenda Morris, peanut farmer from Ocilla, Georgia, to the Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee (APAC) and Don Koehler, Georgia Peanut Commission executive director, to the Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Sponsored ContentWhat …
Florida NRCS Offers Various Programs
Santa Rosa County, Florida District Conservationist, Trent Mathews, says USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service offers many programs that can help landowners and encourages folks to learn more about them. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
USDA Has New Tool to Monitor Dams
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama wants landowners to know about a new web-based application that provides real-time monitoring of rainfall and other events that could pose potential threats to dam safety. Download Audio For more information click here. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
FAMU President to Serve on Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee for Trade
From Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University: TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) President Elmira Mangum, Ph.D., was selected by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to be a member of the Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee (APAC) for Trade. Mangum was selected via a national competitive process. In 1974, Congress established APAC to ensure that U.S. trade policy …
Southeast AgNet This Week: FFA Helps Careers; USDA Program Signup
Today’s issue of Southeast AgNet This Week includes a discussion about how Future Farmers of America and ag education is furthering careers and a report informing dairy producers they can now enroll in USDA’s Margin Protection Program. Want to learn more? Click here to subscribe and view the current issue. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester …
Citrus Greening Research gets $1 million in State Budget Funding
From the University of Florida/IFAS: GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A $1 million University of Florida research project to fight citrus greening got the green light in the state’s budget. Nian Wang, a researcher with UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, is working with a team to develop a microbial-based product, infused with patented plant-defense inducers and beneficial bacteria strains, that …
Southeastern Cotton Producers to See San Joaquin Valley Agriculture
From the National Cotton Council: MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Thirteen Southeastern cotton producers will observe cotton and other agricultural operations in California’s San Joaquin Valley the week of July 12 as part of the National Cotton Council’s 2015 Producer Information Exchange (P.I.E.) Program. The participating producers are: Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata …
USDA Video: Grilling Like a PRO
USDA gives us some tips on how to grill like a PRO this summer to avoid food-borne illnesses. For more information go to: www.usda.gov www.fsis.usda.gov Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
Alabama Man Wins World Livestock Auctioneer Championship
Livestock auctioneer and Southside, Ala. native Brandon Neely can already check “becoming a national champion” off his bucket list at the age of 29. Neely earned the top spot in the Livestock Marketing Association’s 52nd World Livestock Auctioneer Championship held recently in Texas. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers …
Alabama Couple Earn Southern Regional Tree Farmer Award
An Alabama couple stood tall over more than 82,000 tree farmers when they were announced as the Southern Regional Tree Farmers of the Year last week. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024