With the holidays just around the corner, prices are less foul on a popular bird. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. The cost of purchasing a turkey could be lower this Thanksgiving, thanks to a drop in avian influenza cases and a recovery of the turkey population in the United States. American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) economists analyzed …
Conservation Easement Program Signup Deadline is Friday in Georgia
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Georgia (NRCS-GA) wants to remind landowners in the state that Friday, October 6 is the deadline to sign-up for the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) for fiscal year 2024. ACEP has two components, the Agricultural Land Easements (ALE) and Wetlands Reserve Easements (WRE). ACEP-WRE applications are accepted directly from producers on eligible lands. These easements will restore …
Florida Agricultural Landowners Encouraged to Apply for RCPP Land Management and Rentals
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Florida (NRCS-FL) is accepting applications for Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). The RCPP is a partner-driven approach to conservation that funds solutions to natural resource challenges on agricultural land. The RCPP promotes coordination of NRCS conservation activities with partners that offer value-added contributions to expand the collective ability to address on-farm, watershed, and regional natural resource concerns. …
FY24 Signup Underway for NRCS Alabama’s Easement and Financial Assistance Programs
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama (NRCS-AL) has announced that signups are underway for Fiscal Year 2024 Farm Bill Easement and Financial Assistance Programs. The applicable programs include: More specifically: ACEP–WRE easements provide habitat for fish and wildlife, including threatened and endangered species, improve water quality by filtering sediments and chemicals, reduce flooding, recharge groundwater, protect biological diversity and provide opportunities …
NPPC Seeks Input on Updated Swine Traceability Standards
October is National Pork Month, and one thing U.S. pork producers asked the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) to do is to lead an effort to update the existing swine traceability system. So, NPPC is asking swine producers, veterinarians, cull swine and breeding operators and show pig enthusiasts to comment on the draft standards by Oct. 27, 2023. In 2006, U.S. swine …
Georgia Cotton Commission Part of Sunbelt Ag Expo During Three-Day Event
By Clint Thompson The calendar has turned to October which means the Sunbelt Ag Expo is just around the corner. The three-day event is scheduled for Oct. 17-19 in Moultrie, Georgia. One of those exhibitors that will be in attendance is the Georgia Cotton Commission (GCC). Taylor Sills, executive director of the GCC, invites attendees to come by and say …
USDA Restricts Poultry Imports from France, EU
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently placed restrictions on the importation of poultry from France and the European Union. The restrictions, enacted by USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, include live ducks, duck eggs, and unmitigated or untreated duck products from the APHIS-recognized European Poultry Trade Region, as well as Iceland, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and Norway, but excluding Great …
October is Beef Month in Alabama
October Beef Month in Alabama is underway, as various activities will take place. According to Alabama Cattlemen’s Association (ACA) Director of Consumer Outreach, Josie Jones, one event took place this past weekend. She explained to Southeast AgNet’s Randall Weiseman what that was and what is yet to come. To learn more about October Beef Month, contact Josie at the ACA office in Montgomery …
Dairy Margin Coverage Program Provides Critical Support for Dairy Operations
USDA announced that the August milk margin did trigger the eighth consecutive payment for dairy producers who obtained Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) for 2023. That month, the income over feed margin was $6.46 per hundredweight with projected DMC payments totaling $120 million. So to date, dairy producers have received more than $1.2 billion in much needed economic support for 2023 and margin …
Alabama Cattlemen’s Association Celebrates October Beef Month in Alabama
(ACA/MONTGOMERY, AL/Sept. 29, 2023) — The Alabama Cattlemen’s Association (ACA) is proud to coordinate October Beef Month in Alabama. “October Beef Month is an opportunity to highlight Alabama’s cattle industry each year and the wonderful people who work hard daily to produce our favorite protein, beef,” said ACA Executive Vice President Erin Beasley. “Join us as we celebrate by using …