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The US Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service has released the cotton acreage projections for the southeast for this upcoming growing season. Becky Sommer with USDA NASS explains. “Growers intend to plant 9.87 million acres of all cotton across the United States, which is down 12 percent from the previous year. Cotton producers in Georgia expect to plant an estimated …
The US Department of Agriculture has adjusted the inventories in their March hogs and pigs report. USDA Livestock Analyst Michael McConnell provided an insight to the report. Sow farrowings were also lower from 2024 down 1 per cent at 2.89 million head for the winter quarter. McConnell also provided an insight on industry expectations. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, …
USDA has announced that the July Cattle on Feed Report will be reinstated for 2025 after being discontinued last year. The annual report produced by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) was cut last year, along with the cotton yield survey and all county estimates for crops and livestock reports due to budget cuts. The mid-year report for cattle on …
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced a five-pronged strategy to address highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), as well as lowering egg prices. The strategy includes strengthening biosecurity assessments, expediting relief for producers to accelerate repopulation, reducing regulatory burdens to expand supply and lower prices, exploring temporary import-export adjustments to stabilize the supplies of eggs domestically, and investing $100 Million …
The USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) wants to remind producers about the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (E-CAP). Relief payments through E-CAP are based on planted and prevented planted crop acres for eligible commodities for the 2024 crop year. Tyron Spearman has more details. To apply, visit fsa.usda.gov/ecap using a login.gov account, or contact your local FSA office to request an application. Producers who have not previously reported 2024 crop year …
When it comes to the $10 billion in economic assistance passed by Congress, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has been working to get these funds out to producers. The program doing this is called the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program, or E-CAP. Tyron Spearman has more details. Eligible producers must report 2024 crop year planted and prevented planted acres to FSA on an FSA-578, Report …
Marking National Agriculture Day, Secretary Rollins Prioritizes Timely Support for Farmers (USDA-FSA/WASHINGTON/March 18, 2025) — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, on National Agriculture Day, announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing up to $10 billion directly to agricultural producers through the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP) for the 2024 crop year. Administered by USDA’s Farm Service Agency …
US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins visited Georgia this week meeting with agricultural producers, legislators and elected officials, and speaking at the annual meeting of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. Georgia state legislators and Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper met with Secretary Rollins at the state capitol to discuss the agricultural priorities in the state. The Secretary then visited …
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. have announced they are continuing to work on the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines following the initial meeting of the Make America Healthy Again Commission meeting earlier this week. While the public comment period closed on February 10th, the two departments are taking a …
USDA Livestock Analyst Michael McConnell provided an outlook for beef pork and poultry prices during the USDA’s 2025 Agricultural Outlook Forum. “For 2025 we expect production to keep growing at a slightly higher rate than what we saw in ’24. In contrast to ‘24 however, the declines in beef and turkey production will be more than offset by higher growth …
