Twenty-nine Suwannee River Basin farmers and ranchers were recognized for their outstanding natural resource stewardship during the 8th Annual CARES dinner held on the Dwight Stansel farm this week. Representatives from USDA in Washington DC and USDA-NRCS in Florida were on hand to celebrate the event. The Florida Farm Bureau and the Suwannee River Partnership created CARES to bring agricultural …
Disappointment with Cotton Acreage Report
Richey Seaton with the Georgia Cotton Commission says USDA’s cotton acreage report out this week was lower than he expected. Report(1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundAugust 29, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
Implementing Conservation Title of New Farm Bill
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service chief Arlen Lancaster talks about implementation of the conservation title of the new Farm Bill. Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundAugust 29, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
Citrus Greening Research Focusing on Three Major Areas
Stay tuned to this website in coming weeks as we will be posting numerous comments from leading scientists involved in citrus greening research. Listen to the series of reports posted below and hear comments from UF/CREC Director Dr Harold Browning, and USDA Hort Lab Director Dr Calvin Arnold, about updates expected later this summer from research projects now underway in …
New NASS Administrator Announced
The National Agriculture Statistics Service has a new administrator as Dr. Cynthia Clark has been named to fill that position.  Report (:20 mp3) USDA NASS Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundAugust 29, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
Peanut Acreage is Up
 According to the National Agriculture Statistics Service, peanut acres in the U.S. are up this year compared to last year. Tyron Spearman runs through those and other crop numbers which were released this morning.  Report (1:15 mp3) USDA NASS Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundAugust 29, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
Cotton Acreage Declines
The National Agriculture Statistics Service released their planted acreage numbers this morning, and according to Shiela Corley in the Washington D.C. office, cotton numbers for this season are down. Report (2:55 mp3) Report (1:00 mp3) USDA NASS Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundAugust 29, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
Oriental Fruit Flies Found In Orlando
TALLAHASSEE – Two Oriental fruit flies have been found in Orange County, Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson has announced. During routine trapping activities on Friday, June 20, a USDA fruit-fly technician collected two suspect Oriental fruit flies from a fruit fly trap hanging in a sweet orange tree in the Winter Park area of Orlando. The fruit flies were confirmed by …
NASS Acreage Report Due Out June 30
The National Ag Statistics Service will be releasing the 2008 acreage report on Monday. The report, which takes a look at the major row crops in the country, is mostly considered important for the Midwest but Jim Ewing with the Florida NASS office says our state has its share of those crops as well. Report (1:00 mp3) USDA NASS Sponsored …
Dry Conditions Making a Comeback
The floods in the Midwest may be getting all the news coverage, but here in the Southeast it’s dry again. Still, the state offices of the National Ag Statistics Service report that crops are making good progress and remain in mostly fair to good condition. GA Report (1:00 mp3) AL Report (1:00 mp3) USDA NASS Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New …