Features
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Weather Predictions for Summer 2013 Are Hot, Rainy
May 17, 2013
New Drought Monitor data shows the eastern half of the United States free of drought, while the National Weather Service predicts that central and southern parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and the Florida panhandle may get more rain than normal over the next three months.
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Farm Bill Update, Price Protections
May 16, 2013
As federal lawmakers continued to debate on Wednesday how much funding food stamps should receive over the next five years, peanut and rice farmers looked to a much less continuous part of the 2013 Farm Bill – price protections.
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Taking the Smell Out of Chicken Litter
May 15, 2013
Few things are more Southern than tea. But a Castleberry, Ala., company hopes to take its tea – an organic soil amendment made from composted waste – beyond Dixie and into other farming regions.
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The Basics of Water Law, Part One
May 14, 2013
Together with air, water is the most essential substance on the planet. Without it, life would not exist. And, agriculture uses more water than any other human endeavor.
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Deadline Nears to Participate in Ag Census 2012
May 13, 2013
Farmers and ranchers across the country have a little more than two weeks left to return a census form to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and help shape public policy and research for the next half decade.
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Census Report Shows More Women Farmers Than Ever Before
May 10, 2013
Kristan Fretwell didn’t grow up on a farm. But as she got older, she wanted more control over the food that she gave her children, a wish that led her to join the growing number of women farmers.
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Agronomist: Know When to Treat for Stinkbugs
May 09, 2013
As kudzu bugs and a new type of stinkbug invade cotton, soybean and corn fields of the Southeast, farmers have figured out ways to fight them. But timing may make the difference in the battle against these voracious little bugs.
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Technology Leading to Bigger Profit
May 08, 2013
Auto-steer technology is driving peanut farmers to higher crop yields and bigger profit margins.
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Save on Farm Insurance over the Long Term
May 06, 2013
Insurance protects a farmer against unexpected expenses, but by using smart practices with the employees he hires, a farmer might also control some planned expenses. The more you do to avoid unnecessary claims on your insurance policies, the more control you have over premiums.
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Study Finds Complex Issues Behind Bee Colony Collapse
May 03, 2013
A study released by the USDA on Thursday found a complicated mix of problems that are leading to colony collapse disorder among honey bees.
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Farm Credit Program Educating Next Generation of Farmers
May 02, 2013
Farming is a business. That’s why Ag South Farm Credit wants young farmers not only to understand the farming side of what they do, but also the business side.
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Government Report Confirms Flawed ESA Science; Specific Answers Needed for Farmers, Forest Managers
May 01, 2013
Congressmen call on Agencies to "go back to the drawing board" with BiOps in light of National Research Council study on Endangered Species Act and pesticides.
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As Goats Grow More Popular, FVSU Research Helps Ranchers
April 30, 2013
Raising goats for food is becoming more and more popular, but U.S. farmers can only keep up with about half of the demand in this country.
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Wet Spring Delays Some Corn Planting
April 29, 2013
Farmers in some corn-growing areas like West Tennessee are dealing with a problem most farmers haven’t faced much in the past few years. It’s raining too much.
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Commodity Prices Drive Farmers to Clear More Land
April 26, 2013
Farmers aren’t the type of customer that heavy equipment manufacturers target when they build excavators and front end loaders.
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Diversifying Creates Small Farms Within Large Ones
April 25, 2013
The Small Farms Field Day that University of Florida extension agents will put on in the Panhandle next month is for just that – small farms.
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Teachers Using Agriculture to Teach History and Math
April 24, 2013
Agriculture involves much more than the science of growing plants and raising animals. Innovative teachers around the country are using ag principles to teach everything from history to math to music, and American Farm Bureau is encouraging them with 10 scholarships to attend the National Agriculture in the Classroom Conference in Minneapolis, Minn., in June.
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Agronomist: Don’t Starve Corn of Sulfur
April 22, 2013
Heavy rains in late February and March lifted much of the Southeast out of the worst of the drought, but those downpours may also have put some fertilizer out of reach of young corn plants, one agronomists warns.
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Misuse of Pesticides Harmful for Farmers, Companies
April 19, 2013
Pests such as thrips, whiteflies, aphids, beet armyworm and hornworms can devastate vegetable crops. Potentially just as harmful, though, is the misuse of pesticides, which can lead to pest resurgence, resistance and risk the environment.
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Southeast Olive Growers Set to Meet
April 18, 2013
Georgia’s olive growers will get together in a couple of weeks for their annual meeting – a gathering that’s grown beyond just the handful of men who wanted to bring back a crop lost to the South 100 years ago.
