The country has been celebrating National Agriculture Week and we have a series of reports from Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack regarding its purpose and the efforts of USDA to promote the American Farmer. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
AL Reminds Producers about GRP Signup
GRP, or the Grassland Reserve Program, is a voluntary program offering landowners the opportunity to protect, restore, and enhance grasslands on their property. Eddie Jolley, Conservation Agronomist with Alabama’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, said they are offering the program for two areas of the state. Go to the Alabama NRCS website to learn more about GRP Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® …
FL Looking to Cut Back on Peanut Acres
While many look forward to seeing USDA’s annual Planting Intentions Report which comes out March 31st, Florida Peanut Producers Association’s Ken Barton said many realize that peanut acreage does need to be down some this year. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
Broadband for Rural America?
Lots of talk in political circles about what is being done to bring broadband technology to rural America. In this report from USDA radio, comments from the new Agriculture Secretary on the matter. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
FL Announces Floodplain Easement Funding Deadline
Gainesville, FL—U.S. Department of Agriculture will provide up to $145 million to eligible landowners nationwide through the floodplain easement component of its Emergency Watershed Protection Program. USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service administers the EWP program. The funds will be used to restore an estimated 60,000 acres, nationwide, of frequently flooded land to its natural state and create jobs. USDA has …
FL NRCS Reminder about Sign-up Cutoff Dates
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Florida wants to remind producers that this Friday, March 13th is the signup cutoff date for both EQIP and WHIP. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
Citrus Crop Forecast Update for March 2009
CLICK HERE to go to the March Citrus Crop Forecast update from USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service (USDA/NASS). In this report, Florida Agriculture Statistics Director Jeff Geuder reviews some of the highlights. USDA NASS Sponsoring this citrus crop forecast update: Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
Stimulus Releases Floodplain Easement Funding
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will provide up to $145 million to eligible landowners nationwide through the floodplain easement component of its Emergency Watershed Protection Program. Steve Musser, Assistant State Conservationist with Alabama NRCS encourages farmers who have had land flood for two out of the last ten years to sign up by the deadline of March 27. Sponsored ContentWhat …
First Wave of Stimulus Funding
The first wave of USDA economic stimulus funding has been released including funding for a variety of recovery and reinvestment programs as Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack explains. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
New Categories Within EQIP
The 2008 Farm Bill brought some modifications to the popular Environmental Quality Incentive Program administered including the Limited Resource Farmer and the Small Scale Farmer. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024