USDA Designates 9 Counties in Florida as Primary Natural Disaster Areas

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Field Crops, Florida, General, Georgia, Specialty Crops, Weather

WASHINGTON, April 16, 2014 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated nine counties in Florida as primary natural disaster areas in two separate designations due to various disasters. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

EPA Administrator Testifies on Changes to the Clean Water Act

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A recent U.S. Senate hearing produced some frank talk by EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy on the proposed new clean water rule. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

AgNet This Week: Planting Changes; Peanut Stocks, Vidalia Pack Date

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This week’s issue of AgNet This Week features reports on how Southeastern farmers may still change planting decisions, a look a declining peanut stocks and the enforcement of the Vidalia onion pack date. To learn more about these topics and much more click here to subscribe today and view the current issue. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR …

Wet Winter Has Landowners Looking to Growing Season Burns

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Forestry, USDA-NRCS, Weather

Alabama’s wet winter dampened many landowners’ plans to prescribe burn, which according to State Forester for USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama, Tim Albritton, has some looking at growing season burns. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

USDA Officially Announces Sign-Up Date for Farmer and Rancher Disaster Assistance Programs

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WASHINGTON, April 7, 2014 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that farmers and ranchers can sign-up for disaster assistance programs, reestablished and strengthened by the 2014 Farm Bill, beginning Tuesday, April 15, 2014. Quick implementation of the programs has been a top priority for USDA. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, …

Ag in Review for the Week Ending April 4, 2014

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A highlight of agricultural news for this week from around the Southeast. To hear weekly reviews subscribe to our podcast: Alabama Florida Georgia Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Alabama Legislature Completes 2014 Session

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cotton, Field Crops, General, Livestock, Specialty Crops, Weather

Alabama legislators have hastily wrapped up the 2014 session, passing only two of the 25 ag bills that the industry was watching at the beginning of the session. Alabama Agribusiness Councils’s Leigha Cauthen has the details. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

New Vidalia Onion Pack Date Still Being Enforced

Randall Weiseman Field Crops, General, Georgia, Specialty Crops, Vegetables, Weather

The Agriculture Department will indeed enforce the new, later start date for shipping Vidalia onions this season. Despite a court ruling that Georgia Ag Commissioner Gary Black is outside his authority in setting that date. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Southeastern Farmers Could Make Last Minute Changes in Plantings

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DTN Senior Analyst Darin Newsom says a closer look at all the variables, reveals that crop plantings are still somewhat up in the air, especially for the southeast. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024