July 2010 News
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Okefenokee Alligators’ Feeding Frenzy Video Attracts World Attention
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U.S. Soybean Rust Commentary
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A New Tool for Improving Switchgrass
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USDA Announces Conservation Reserve Program General Sign-Up
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NCBA's Checkoff Spending Questioned
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UGA Hand Sanitizer Could Cut Down on Cruise Ship Illnesses
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Potato Batteries may Provide Cheap Power
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98% are Family Farms
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FFA, Army Sign Agreement
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Bill Reauthorizing Price Reporting Law Advances
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Monsanto Corn Technologies Receive European Union Regulatory Approval
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How We Double Exports in Five Years
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Subcommittee Reviews Quality Control Systems in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistant Program
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US Corn, Soybean Development Stays Ahead of Average
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Dupont Sales up 37%, Net Income Soars 250%
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Food Companies Proceed with Testing Soymega™-SDA Soybean Oil
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UGA Previews Livestock Farm
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DuPont Gains Agricultural Seed Share in North America
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Comment Period On USDA Rule Extended
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Cargill Challenges SCAD Students to Design Soy Based Wing Chair
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Electric Utilities Hampered by Regulatory Uncertainty
Will coal be heavily taxed as a generation fuel under future federal legislation? Will natural gas and nuclear fuels be preferred? Will there be incentives to invest in renewable biomass fuel sources like wood waste, poultry litter or switchgrass? Will carbon and cow “gases” be taxed?
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USDA Pre-Report Estimates
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ASA Statement on Office of Inspector General Review of the Soybean Checkoff
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Some Progress Seen Toward Estate Tax Reform
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What Secrets are Stored in the Roots of Corn Plants?
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UGA to Create New Master's Program in Biomanufacturing
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State Winners Highlight 68th State 4-H Congress
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Buying Local: Good Georgia Trend
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FVSU Researcher Finds Ways to Reduce America’s Oil dependence
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High School Students, Teachers get Schooled on Invasive Species
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Common Sense Immigration Reform is Crucial for Economic Recovery
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Chambliss Hears Testimony on Energy & Rural Development
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Perdue Orders New State Spending Cuts, Will Cost Agencies Another 4%
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The Productivity Challenge: Producing More Off Fewer Acres
The world’s population continues to grow. Farmland acreage continues to decrease. That’s the productivity challenge that drives much of the agribusiness industry. Fertilizers, pest management chemicals, herbicides, fungicides and seed technologies have helped increase production per acre. According to the American Farm Bureau, each U.S. farmer currently produces food and fiber for 155 people in the United States and abroad. That’s up from 46 people in 1960.
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Statement of Governor on Water Ruling Victory
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CNH Sales up 11% to $3.9 Billion
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Syngenta Sales up 1% to $6.7 Billion
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Bayer CropScience Committed to Preserving Species
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Text Messaging Gaining Traction Among Farmers, Agribusiness
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New Holland Names New VP of Sales & Marketing
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Subcommittee Reviews Issues Facing the Crop Insurance Industry
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Mapping out Pathways to Better Soybeans
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Abnormally Dry Conditions Return to Parts of Georgia
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Subcommittee Reviews Farm Bill Specialty Crop and Organic Agriculture Programs
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Chambliss Votes in Favor of Fully Funded Extension of Unemployment Benefits, Estate Tax Repeal
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National Pork Producers Council Urges Restoration Of Animal ID Funding
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Sherrod Gets Apology, Support from Southwest Georgia
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Bishop's Campaign says Keown's Bitten Off More Than He Can Chew
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NAACP Retracts Criticism of Sherrod
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Perdue Farms Recalls Chicken Nuggets
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Standardized Testing Methods and Procedures for Seed Count Approved
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Agriculture Panel Concerned With GIPSA Rule
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Subcommittee Reviews Federal Rural Development Programs
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USDA Official that Withheld Help from White Farmer Forced to Resign
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Ag Stocks the Hot New Sector?
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Bishop Announces Funds for Peanut Genome Research
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Farmers Pay Disproportionate Amount of Shipping Costs
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Broiler Market in the Context of Higher Feed Costs, Lower Exports
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Conserving Georgia's Future: One Year After Water Ruling
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Record Crop Still Expected; Growers Watch Summer Weather Patterns
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NPPC: All Antibiotic Uses Improve Animal Health
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South Georgia Angler Bags Record Catfish
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UGA to Host Turfgrass Research Field Day
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Legislation to Encourage Energy Efficiency Projects in Rural Communities
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Upcoming Policy Actions Critical to Forestry Industry
After spending most of the last three years in the doldrums, there are meaningful signs of growth in the forestry industry, both nationwide and in Georgia. Continued economic recovery and increasing interest in biomass as a renewable energy source have the potential to drive meaningful forestry growth as long as state and federal governments institute supportive policies and tax structures.
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Time is Running out for Estate Tax Reform
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Weather Treats Georgia Row-Crops Well
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Pigweed Takes Farmers Back in TIme
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Cotton Marketing News
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Ag Remains a Bright Spot in the Economy
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First Half Sales of Large Tractors Up 23%
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Tax Coalition Set to Examine Agriculture Exemptions
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Robert Dasher Named Georgia Farmer Of The Year
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Joe Diffie to Entertain at GAC Harvest Celebration
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The Chicken or the Egg?
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USDA Receives Signed Standard Reinsurance Agreements
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A Look at Georgia Peaches
With a good season, a push from the Georgia Grown marketing campaign, special gifts at a famous road race and requests by consumers, Georgia peaches are on everyone’s mind this year.
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Highlights of USDA Reports: Beef, Pork, Broilers
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Progress in First Year of Implementing Food Safety Recommendations
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Monsanto Takes Important Step on New Soybean Product
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BAX® System Test for E. coli O157:H7 Certified as AOAC Performance Tested Method
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Clinton, Palin Endorse Gubernatorial Hopefuls
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USDA Awards $800,000 to Help South Georgia Farmers
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U.S. Beef Exports Remain Firm Despite a Strong US Dollar
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Georgia Egg Association Elects Officers
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UGA Research Team Unlocks the Lucky Four-Leaf Clover
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Tracking Milk and Egg Trends
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Ag Programs Squeezed as States Tighten Their Belts
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USDA Assistant Secretary to Visit Albany State University Monday
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Gaps in Food Safety, FDA Powers
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The U.S Needs 13 Million More Acres of Fruits and Vegtables
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ASA Envisions Farm Programs that are more Efficient, Effective, and Defensible
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ADM Recommends Rejection of Below-Market-Price Mini-Tender
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Mahindra USA Unveils 8560 4WD Cab
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John Deere Introduces SeedStar
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Summertime Heat Hits Georgia Hard
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Switch Grass and the Sunbelt Ag Expo
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Georgia Tech's PoutlryTech Announces New Format
PoultryTech, the award-winning newsletter from GTRI's Agricultural Technology Research Program, has a new format that includes a combination of articles to provide more timely and relevant information that is of interest to a broader cross-section of readers, as well as researcher spotlights and short news and information updates. (Previously, three separate editions were printed with each one focused exclusively on automation, safety, or environmental management.) ATRP will continue to produce two print editions (in the spring and fall) that will be mailed to readers as usual, and we are adding an electronic edition that will come out in the summer. The electronic edition will provide a synopsis of the ATRP research and outreach activities that are planned for the upcoming year, along with links to the ATRP website ( ) where readers can gather more information.
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Agricultural Groups Urge Immediate Action on FTAs
An ad hoc coalition of agricultural and food organizations in a letter sent today urged members of Congress to work with the Obama administration to remove any remaining impediments to a “rapid implementation” of the free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea. At the recent G20 Summit in Toronto, President Obama announced a November deadline for dealing with outstanding obstacles to the implementation of the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to gain congressional approval of the deal in 2011. That agreement and the FTAs with Colombia and Panama were finalized more than three years ago – and approved in those countries – but are awaiting congressional action.
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ASA Statement on Monsanto’s Commitment
The American Soybean Association (ASA) is pleased that Monsanto has committed to ASA in a letter dated July 8, 2010, to maintain export market approvals for the first biotech soybean trait "Roundup Ready" or "RR1" through 2021. Monsanto will officially communicate this commitment to all of its licensees. With the patent on RR1 due to expire in 2014, and patents on other traits expiring in future years, ASA has been actively working to develop pathways that will facilitate the continued availability of traits to soybean farmers as single generic traits or as part of stacked traits after patent expiration. "Agriculture is blazing a new trail as the patents on first generation of biotech-enhanced seed traits begin to expire," said ASA President Rob Joslin, a soybean farmer from Sidney, Ohio. "While supporting patent protection for traits as a key driver for continued soybean seed industry investment and innovation, ASA desires competition to flourish, generic traits to be available in the marketplace, and prices for seed containing generic traits to decline once trait patents expire." Monsanto’s commitment to maintain export approvals worldwide for RR1 through 2021 will ensure export market access for U.S. soybeans containing the RR1 trait for the next decade. ASA believes this commitment will also provide greater certainty to seed companies and university breeders so they can dedicate the time, money, and germplasm necessary to continuing to offer high-yielding soybean varieties containing the RR1 trait, including when it becomes a generic trait after 2014.
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Retail Staple Food Prices Edge Higher in Second Quarter
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UGA Researcher Looking to Develop Perennial Sorghum
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Chambliss Urges USDA to Modify Crop Insurance Proposal
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USDA Publishes Amendments to the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Organic Program (NOP) today announced amendments to the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances (National List) for crop production. The final rule adds sulfurous acid to the National List of allowed materials for organic crop production based upon an evaluation and recommendation by the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB). It also adds an expiration date of October 21, 2012 for the use of tetracycline in organic crop production. Sulfurous acid improves irrigation water quality by reducing the excessive alkalinity (bicarbonates and carbonates) in soil or water. The NOSB indicated that the controlled application of sulfurous acid via irrigation is preferable to broadcast applications of elemental sulfur, which acts slower and can negatively impact the microbial soil life at the application rates used.
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House Agriculture Committee Approves Historic Legislation to Expand Agriculture Trade with Cuba
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ARS Study Eyes Egg Quality and Composition
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Argentine Subsidy Costing U.S. Soybean Farmers
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Candidates Discuss Atlanta’s Water Needs
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Subcommittee Reviews Technical Assistance Capacity of USDA
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Crop Insurance Industry ‘Hands Tied’
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House Committee Overturns Cuba Policy
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Organic Farming Enhances Biodiversity and Natural Pest Control
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Interest in Agribusiness Careers Surges
Throughout the year, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC) holds orientation sessions for new students. On June 18, 115 students attended an orientation session for the ABAC School of Agriculture and Natural Resources, the largest group ever. What’s behind the resurgence in interest in agribusiness careers?
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House Approves Funding for Farmers, Veterans, Educators
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UGA Studies Diseases in Lab Plagued by Snags
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Farm Bill Structure, Funding Critical to Safety Net
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Will Farmers’ Actions Continue to Improve the Ethanol Energy Balance?
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Vaccinations Urged for Horses as EEE Cases Rise
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Pigweed Still Threatens to Root out Georgia Cotton
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Georgia now Home to Largest Solar Barn
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ASA Welcomes House Ag Committee Vote to Lift Restrictions on Cuba
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Georgia Power Seeks Cost Recovery of Investments
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Georgia Crop Acreage June 2010
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Georgia Peanuts named best in America
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U.S. Farmers Plant Record-High Soybean Crop
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USDA Releases Corn-Ethanol industry Report Showing Improving Energy Efficiency
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New USDA Report will Provide Roadmap to Achieve America's Renewable Energy Goals
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AFBF Dismayed about EPA Delay on Ethanol
