USDA has announced more dollars will be available for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program for 2008, as a part of the new farm bill. Listen to report here: To learn more about EQIP click Here Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundAugust 29, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
Alabama Wildlife School
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama is sponsoring a three-day Wildlife School covering many aspects of wildlife habitat and population management. The event will be held August 19-21 at Bear Branch Lodge in Walker County northwest of Birmingham. Registration and other information can be found here. Report (1:30 mp3) Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundAugust 29, 2024CIR Agriculture …
New Citrus Statistics Administrator On The Job
Just before Bob Terry entered retirement recently after forty years of service in agriculture statistics with concentration on citrus statistics, his successor was named from the ranks of his team. Candi Erick will now be at the helm of the citrus statistics area of the Florida Agriculture Statistics Service. She is no newcomer to the effort, she has worked in …
Ethanol ByProduct Could Provide Weed Control
A team of Agriculture Department researchers may have found a new use for a by-product of ethanol production – controlling weeds in potted plants. USDA’s Agriculture Research Service recently completed a study on the use of dried distillers grains, or DDGS, as a weed deterrent in container-grown ornamentals. The study was published in the February 2008 issue of HortScience. Report …
Direct Payments Available at FSA Office
Advanced Direct Payments now available. This announcement made by U. S. Secretary of Agriculture Schafer. USDA’s Farm Service Agency distributes direct payments for the Commodity Credit Corporation. For more information on DCP, visit your local USDA Service Center or http://www.fsa.usda.gov. Also in this report Tyron Spearman lets us know that the Southern Peanut Growers Conference award winners have been announced …
Alabama Wetlands Reserve Program Meetings
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama is hosting three meetings this month to inform landowners about the Wetlands Reserve Program. The meetings are scheduled for: Monday July 28 from 5-7 pm in Lauderdale County at the Elgin Community Center. Tuesday July 29 in Lawrence County from 6-8 pm at the USDA Agricultural center in Moulton. Thursday July 31 …
Peanut Crop Update & A Look at Argentina Crop
Southeast AgNet’s Tyron Spearman gives us the recent update on the condition of the peanut crop as reported from NASS and also tells us what the crop in Argentina is looking like right now.  Report (1:30 mp3) USDA NASS Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundAugust 29, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
Alabama Forest Health Initiative
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama is continuing its forest health initiative for a second year. Report (1:30 mp3) Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundAugust 29, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
Peanut Groups Say No to Loan Changes
Today Tyron Spearman says there is a pretty good list of groups in the peanut industry opposed to USDA’s loan rate proposal for peanuts.  Report (1:20 mp3) Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundAugust 29, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
Happy Energy Independence Day
As we celebrate our country’s independence this weekend, many in the agriculture industry are continuing to push towards energy independence with the help of biofuels like soy biodiesel. Report(1:00 mp3) A provision in the Farm Bill allows excess sugar to be made into ethanol. Report(1:00 mp3) And USDA is researching a number of “power plants” that could provide biomass for …