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The Latest Ag News:

• Florida Growers Urged to Prepare Now as Hurricane Season Enters Active Period

  As hurricane season progresses, UF/IFAS Extension and the U.S. Department of Agriculture are encouraging Florida growers to take steps now to prepare their operations before a storm is in the forecast. While the Atlantic hurricane season officially runs from June 1 through Nov. 30, the most active part of the season historically occurs from mid-August through October. Preparing ahead of ... Read More The post Florida Growers Urged to Prepare Now as Hurricane Season Enters Active Period appeared first on Southeast AgNET.

• How Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin Revolutionized American Agriculture

  A Simple Conversation Sparked One of America’s Greatest Agricultural Innovations Innovation has always played a vital role in American agriculture, and few inventions transformed farming more dramatically than the cotton gin. What began as a simple conversation between a struggling farmer and a mechanically gifted college student ultimately changed the course of American agriculture forever. According to Mark Oppold’s American ... Read More The post How Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin Revolutionized American Agriculture appeared first on Southeast AgNET.

• Peanut Crop Condition Update

  The National Ag Statistics Service, the USDA, says the U.S. peanut crop condition is 1% very poor, 6% poor, 34 fair, 54 good, and 5 excellent as we get to July the 7th. Checking on the states, Georgia is showing 62% of their crop is pegging down. That’s the five-year average at 63. They said the peanut crop has improved ... Read More The post Peanut Crop Condition Update appeared first on Southeast AgNET.

• USDA’s Luke Lindberg: New Trade Agreements Driving Agricultural Export Growth

  The Trump administration’s efforts to expand agricultural exports and reduce the nation’s agricultural trade deficit are beginning to show measurable results, according to USDA Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Under Secretary Luke Lindberg. In an interview with Southeast AgNet, Lindberg said the administration inherited a projected $50 billion agricultural trade deficit but has already seen significant improvement. “We’re forecasting about ... Read More The post USDA’s Luke Lindberg: New Trade Agreements Driving Agricultural Export Growth appeared first on Southeast AgNET.

• ACA Looks Forward to Upcoming July Meetings

  We caught up with Erin Beasley of the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association (ACA) to hear more about their upcoming meetings. “Well, we want our membership to know that we’ve got another set of summer regional meetings that will be taking place this month. We have July the 9th, that will be our Black Belt regional meeting right there in Valley Grand, ... Read More The post ACA Looks Forward to Upcoming July Meetings appeared first on Southeast AgNET.

• USDA Project Aims to Help Beef Producers Through Sustainable Grazing Systems

  The American Farmland Trust’s Beef Grazing Network is launching a redesigned Beef Producer Economic Resilience Initiative, in part with the USDA’s Advancing Markets for Producers Program. The $42 million project will support 700 beef producers from the Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, and Texas. These funds are aimed at making producers’ operations more profitable and resilient, through sustainable grazing systems. Dr. Richard Watson, ... Read More The post USDA Project Aims to Help Beef Producers Through Sustainable Grazing Systems appeared first on Southeast AgNET.