Southeast AgNet This Week: Sunbelt Ag Expo Honors Farmer of the Year Candidates

Josh McGill Agri View, Alabama, Beef, Cattle, Corn, Cotton, Dairy, Energy, Equine, Field Crops, Florida, Forestry, General, Georgia, Livestock, Nursery Crops, Peanuts, Pork, Poultry, Sheep-Goats, Soybeans, Specialty Crops, USDA-NRCS

Today’s issue of Southeast AgNet This Week includes interviews with the Alabama, Florida and Georgia Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year representatives. Want to learn more? Click here to subscribe and view the current issue. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida Cattle IndustryOctober 31, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement …

Sunbelt Ag Expo Starts Today

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cattle, Corn, Cotton, Energy, Equine, Field Crops, Florida, Forestry, General, Georgia, Livestock, Nursery Crops, Peanuts, Pork, Poultry, Sheep-Goats, Soybeans, Specialty Crops

The 2015 version of Sunbelt Ag Expo officially kicks off today at Spence Field in Moultrie, Georgia. Show director Chip Blalock says the Expo will once again offer a variety of field demonstrations. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida Cattle IndustryOctober 31, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement …

Plausible Scenarios for PEDV?

Randall Weiseman Livestock, Pork

A recent study may shed some light on possible ways that the Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus impacted mortality in pig litters in the United States. Rod Bain reports. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida Cattle IndustryOctober 31, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Unique Opportunity For …

Pork Industry Leaders Conduct Swine Industry Symposium

Randall Weiseman Livestock, Pork

The U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) recently co-hosted the fourth annual Swine Industry Symposium in China. The event attracted more than 150 attendees, including pork industry representatives, agricultural policymakers, animal health experts and university researchers. Joe Schuele has more. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida …

Ag in Review for the Week Ending October 16, 2015

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cattle, Field Crops, Florida, GA Grown Moment, General, Georgia, Livestock, Pork, Specialty Crops

In this week’s recap of agricultural news from around the Southeast, producers are urged not become complacent after the recent court decision to temporarily delay implementation of the ‘Waters of the U.S.” rule, how many are concerned with the recent decision to take pork off the menu in the nation’s federal prisons, and we look at the Sunbelt Ag Expo …

Many Livestock Exhibits at Sunbelt Ag Expo

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cattle, Dairy, Equine, Florida, General, Georgia, Livestock, Pork, Poultry, Sheep-Goats

The annual Sunbelt Ag Expo officially kicks off Tuesday at Spence Field in Moultrie, Georgia and according to show director Chip Blalock they will once again have a variety of livestock exhibits for folks to see. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida Cattle IndustryOctober 31, …

Meatless Monday’s introduced in Mexico

Randall Weiseman Beef, Cattle, General, Livestock, Pork, Poultry, Sheep-Goats

The Meatless Monday campaign by Humane Society has found its way to Mexico. Meatingplace reports a Human Society video featuring a Mexican actor is part of the campaign aimed at consumers to reduce their Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida Cattle IndustryOctober 31, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …

No More Pork in Federal Prisons

Randall Weiseman General, Livestock, Pork

The pork industry is ‘squealing’ over the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ decision to take pork off the menu in the nation’s 122 federal prisons. It’s no small matter for the pork industry that more than 200,000 federal inmates will no longer be able to eat bacon, pork chops, ham and other pig products. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember …

California Adopts Strict Livestock Antibiotic Limits

Randall Weiseman Beef, Cattle, Dairy, Livestock, Pork, Poultry, Sheep-Goats

California Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation that he says will curb the overuse of antibiotics in livestock. In a prepared statement, Governor Brown said “the science is clear that the overuse of antibiotics in livestock has contributed to the spread of antibiotic resistance and the undermining of Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful …

TPP Benefits Will Take Time

Randall Weiseman Beef, Cattle, General, Livestock, Pork

The just-concluded Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement is expected to add billions in new sales of U.S. pork and beef in Asian markets like Japan. However, those benefits will take time. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida Cattle IndustryOctober 31, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Unique Opportunity …