June 2012 News

June 29, 2012

• Consumer Q’s from the Georgia Department of Agriculture

• Celebrate a Safe and Healthy Georgia Grown Independence Day

• Field Day to Feature Farm Innovation

• Bland Farms Grows into ‘Empire Sweets’ Deal, Expands Value-Added Lineup

• Water Your Lawn Wisely This Summer

• Alltech's 2012 Symposium Is In The iBooks

• Tomato Sequencing Project Sheds Light on the Plant’s Origins

• Farm Bureau Issues Statement About Supreme Court Decision On Health Care

• Purdue Study Shows Farmland Purchases Will Continue, Despite High Prices

• Monsanto Issues Full Year Outlook

June 28, 2012

• Corn and Soybean Markets go Wild, Cotton Still in a Mess - Marketing Expert Gives Update

• Harvest Celebration Early Bird Tickets Now Available

• Tractor Supply Company Announces Plans To Open Regional Distribution Center In Macon

• Broilers in Georgia up 1%, Broiler Eggs Set Down 1%

• Rabobank Issues Report On Potash Market

• U.N., World Organization For Animal Health Unveil Strategy To Control Foot-And-Mouth Disease

• Monsanto's Sales Up 19%, Gross Profit Up 21%

• Study Shows Ethanol Production To Grow 1% This Year, Reach 85.2 Billion Litres

• Pioneer Hi-Bred Re-Named DuPont Pioneer

• Dow Declares Omega-9 Healthy Oils As "Breakthrough"

June 27, 2012

• Dole Recalls Lettuce Sold in Georgia, Five Other States

• Program Teaches Kids Farm Safety

• Kudzu Bugs in Soybeans

• Tomato Growers Request New Trade Agreement With Mexico

• Poultry Production Up In May, Even For The Year

• Yield Expectations Fall

• USDA: May's Pork Production Sets New Record

• Ag Sec'y Announces Funding To Boost Renewable Energy Production, Reduce Consumption

• Syngenta Restates Sales, Earnings Following Restructure Of Its Segments

• Nebraska Farmland Values Up 34% For The Year

June 26, 2012

• Deal Claims Victory for Georgia in Court Cases

• U.S. Supremes Refuse to Hear Water Wars Appeals

• Museum of Agriculture will Switch to Summer Schedule

• Corn Groups Urge EPA To Use Sound Science In Its Atrazine Decision

• American Medical Association: No Need To Label GMO Food

• Dept. Of Justice Releases Report On Competition And Agriculture

• Univ. Of Illinois: Capital Invested In Farm Machinery Doubled In Past Decade

• Syngenta: The Value Of Genetic Purity When Selecting Wheat Varieties

• Soybean Checkoff Partners With 4-H To Teach City Kids About Biotech

• Monsanto's Acquisition Of Precision Planting Inc. Completed

June 25, 2012

• Additional Field Reports of Blueberry Rust

• Alabama, Georgia Corn Crops Making Good Progress

• Georgia's Peachy Image Turns Blue - As in Blueberries

• Ag Secretary's Testimony On Increasing Exports With Russia

• BASF's New Corn Herbicide Receives Registration

• Ohio State Economists Issues History, Observations Of Direct Farm Payments

• Increases In Grain Production To Trigger Substantial Investment In New Storage Facilities

• U.S. Wheat Associates: A Closer Look Reveals Vulnerability in Wheat Supplies

• Ag Secretary Vilsack Challenges Seed Industry

• Statement from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on U.S. Senate Approval of the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act

June 22, 2012

• Senate Passes Agriculture Bill Aimed at Saving $23.6 Billion

June 22, 2012

• Sen. Saxby Chambliss’ Statement on Passing Farm Bill

• Consumer Q's with the Georgia Department of Agriculture

• Flea Control Tips

• Georgia Buffalo: Rancher Brings Bison to Town

• Increased Trade With Russia Will Benefit U.S. Farmers

• Case IH: What To Look For When Buying A Planter

• Syngenta Releases Root Health Online Training Module

• Market Access Program Survives Farm Bill Amendment

• Group Issues 12 Reasons Consumers Should Not Use EWG's "Dirty Dozen" List

• Farm Bureau Issues Statement About Canada Joining The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement

• Senate Rejects Feinstein's Egg Bill

June 21, 2012

• Debating a Five-Year Farm Bill

• Rotation takes spot No. 2 in Top 10 Keys to Peanut Profitability

• Farm Bill Politics Mutes Partisanship in Senate

• Senate Moves Forward on Farm Bill; EPA; Ag Economy; and, Trade

• EPA Regulation Of Greenhouse Gases Will Burden Farmers

• Association Of Equipment Manufacturers Applauds Senate Progress on Farm Bill, Warns of Harmful Amendments

• Farm Bureau Releases Statement On Mexico Joining Trans Pacific Partnership

• Statement From Ag Sec'y Vilsack in Support of Invitation to Mexico as a New TPP Negotiating Partner

• U Of Illinois Economist: Do Recent Prices Understate Downside Price Risk In Corn?

• California Rice Remains Strong While U.S. Long-Grain Industry Sees Declining Acreage and Demand, Says Rabobank

June 20, 2012

• Georgia Crop Progress & Condition Report

• Nearly $1.2 Million Awarded to Further Sustainable Ag Research

• Chambliss Plans to Vote "no" on Farm Bill

• USDA: Crops' Conditions Continue To Decline

• House Expected To Mark Up Farm Bill Next Week

• Monsanto Files Lawsuit Against Pioneer Hi-Bred

• EPA Updates To Air Quality Standards Concern Farmers

• U.S. Crop Protection Sales Up 8% In 2011

• Sonic Drive-Ins Wants Gestation Stalls Eliminated, Cage-Free Eggs

• USDA Issues "Cotton And Wool Outlook" Report

• USDA Issues "Oil Crops Outlook" Report

June 19, 2012

• Dr. Kemerait's Row Crop Disease Update

• SW Georgia Farmers Harness Solar Energy

• Southeast AgNet Radio To Expand To California

• Blueberry Outstrips Peach as Georgia's Top Fruit Crop

• Farmers to Participate in Agriculture Census

• Nebraska Ethanol Plant Idled, Cites High Corn Prices

• A Third of British Youth Don't Know Eggs are Laid by Hens

• Ag Coalition Opposes Cuts To Market Access Program

• USDA Issues "Feed Outlook" Report

• EPA Issues Proposed Dust Standard

• Clean Diesel Technology to Help Achieve EPA's New Soot Standards Under Clean Air Act

June 18, 2012

• Controlling Moles: Burrowing Rodents Emerging in Georgia Yards

• UGA Research Aims to Prevent Farm-Related Injuries in Youth

• USDA Announces Benchmarks on Meeting Energy and Sustainability Goals

• E15 Ethanol Blend Now OK for Sale at US Gas Stations‎, Ag Secretary Vilsack Comments

• Farm Credit Board Issues Report On System's Young, Beginning And Small Farmers

• Bankers To Senate: Maintain Programs That Strengthen The Ag Economy

• Ag Coalition Opposes Amendment To Cut Market Access Program Funding, Limiting Activities

• USDA: A Child Born In 2011 Will Cost $234,900 To Raise

• Pork Producers Council Asks Canada To Stop Subsidizing Hog Production

• 2012 PrecisionAg Awards Of Excellence Winners Announced

June 15, 2012

• Georgia, Florida Drought Improves

• Farm Bill Divides Midwestern and Southern Farmers

• Ag Commissioners Call for Immigration Reform

• Agriculture a Bright Spot for Economy

• Int'l Fertilizer Industry Assn: Demand, Project Delays Keep Fertilizer Markets Tight

• FFA To Launch Agricultural Career Network

• Billions in Subsidies at Stake in Votes on 5-Year Farm Bill

• Nation's Largest Farm/Ranch Realtor Issues Comments, Analysis Of Current Land Market

• Nat'l Cattlemen's Beef Assn Opposes Federal Mandate On Animal Agriculture

• Agriculture Coalition Says Use Science in Regulating Antibiotics

• Organic Trade Assn: Obama Administration Report On Ag Economy Highlights Contribution Of Organic Sector

• Brazilian Agriculture to See Weak Recovery After Bad 1st Quarter

• U.N.: Improving Energy Use Key Challenge For World's Food Systems

• Update On Next Week's Farm Progress Hay Expo

June 14, 2012

• Blueberries Become Top Fruit Cash Crop in Georgia

• Georgia Growers Adding Potatoes To Their Operations

• Stabenow Says Farm Bill Process Will Address Southern Concerns

• USDA Announces Additional 9,000 Acres for Non-Food Energy Crop Production

• Bayer CropScience's Nunhem Unit To Acquire Certain Abbott & Cobb Seed Lines

• President Obama Comments On Proposed Farm Bill

• Univ. Of Illinois Issues New Report On Herbicide-Resistant Weeds, New Tools

• Lockheed Martin Makes $1.5 Million Gift To 4-H's Engineering Program

• Rabo AgriFinance: New Weed Management Options Needed For Row Crops

• New Farmer Alliance Announced To Improve Incomes, Food Security In Africa

• Hundreds Of Organizations Ask Congress To "Hold The Line" On Conservation Programs In The Farm Bill

• Southern States Wins IT Innovation Award; Ridley Named Runner-Up

• FarmilyFarms Group Unveiled, Coalition Farms 400,000 Acres

• American Soybean Association: Russian Trade Bill Means Big Opportunities

• Precision Laboratories Celebrates 50 Years Of Specialized Chemistries

June 13, 2012

• Alien-Looking Slime Molds Come From Mulch not Mars

• First Georgia Grown Farmers Showcase Takes Place in Atlanta June 16

• First-Ever Southeast Immigration Summit Held in Atlanta, Leaders Weigh In

• Sensing Soil To Improve Watering

• Agricultural Secretary Vilsack: Farm Exports Are Creating Jobs & Growing the Rural Economy

• Senators Tack On 80 Amendments To Farm Bill

• Tractor Sales Up In May, Combine Market Slightly Down

• Leading Researchers Call For $100 Billion Investment In Agriculture Research

• U.S. Cotton Crop Seen Unchanged From May, Up From 2011

• Obama Administration Supports Senate's Farm Bill

• USDA Forest Service Seeks Comments on Efforts to Improve Efficiency of Forest Conservation Activities

• USDA Seeks Applications for Grants to Help Rural Businesses Create Jobs

• Five States' Beef Industries Top $2 Billion

• USDA Downgrades Crops' Condition

June 12, 2012

• Watermelon Farmers Hit the Market Early this Season

• Tomatoes Can Be Picked at Breaker Stage or Later

• Georgia's Accidental Immigration Activist

• Top Five States By Cash Receipts From Agriculture Reported

• USDA Issues Report On Industry's Research Investment In Agriculture

• April Ethanol, Distiller Grains Exports Down From March

• Obama Administration Releases Report on America's Agricultural Economy & Announces Commitment to Invest over $2B in Rural Small Businesses

• USDA Provides Funding for Pest and Disease Management, Prevention

• European Union, China Sign Agriculture Cooperation Plan

• Purdue Research: Energy-Dense Biofuel from Cellulose Close to Being Economical

• Tabacco Farmers Provide Model For Deregulation, Increased Production & Profit: U of Illinois

• Bayer CropScience Announces Its "Respect The Rotation" Events

• AGCO Opens New Minnesota Visitor Center And Manufacturing Plant

• Chemical Producers & Distributors Association Changes Name

• Bayer Issues Its Annual Sustainability Report

• Syngenta Sells Its Fafard Unit To Sun Gro Horticulture

• Agri-Marketers to Increase Their Marketing Investments

• Soybean Sustainability Symposium Announced

June 11, 2012

• Ag Technologies Growing in Georgia

• Chambliss on Commodity Title: "Too Rich for the Few at the Expense of the Many"

• Farm Bill More Than Just Peanuts For Some Georgia Farmers

• A New Tool for Studying Insect-Plant Warfare

• Illinois Researchers Find Ways to Feed Pigs For Less

• Pioneer Improves, Expands Digital Resources For Growers

• USDA Scientists, Colleagues Complete Most Comprehensive Genetic Analysis of Corn to Date

• How To Make U.S. Agriculture Even Stronger

• Senate Committee Farm Bill Good For Young Farmers

• New Beef Products Hitting Store Shelves This Month

• Bayer CopScience Opens New Lab For Vegetable Seed Breeding Research

• Gypsoil: Sulfur Deficiency, A Developing Issue

• Arysta LifeScience To License Bayer CropScience Fungicide

• Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Highlights Obama Administration Efforts to Increase Access to Healthy Food

• Agricultural Safety and Health Group Celebrates 50 Years

June 08, 2012

• New Georgia Inmate Transitioning Program Includes Onion Packing

• Southern Corn Rust Alert

• Blueberries Ready for Harvest at Local Farms Across Georgia

• ABAC Is Shining Bright Among State Colleges, Universities

• Consumer Q's: Bedbugs & Foggers; Seashells in the Garden; Georgia Grown Farmer Showcase 6-7-12

• USDA Proceeds With Office Consolidation, Including 3 in Georgia

• Ag Leaders Ask Farmers to Sign Up and Be Counted

• Senate Votes 90-8 to Advance the 2012 Farm Bill to the Senate Floor

• Strong Pork Exports Improve Producers' Bottom Lines

• Corn Prices Seen By USDA Economist Falling On Record Crop

• New Holland NH2 Hydrogen Prototype Tractor Displayed at Nampo Agricultural Show

• Bayer CropScience to Build Wheat Breeding Facility in Europe

• Monsanto Announces $1 Billion Share Repurchase Program, Declares Dividend

June 07, 2012

• Farms Still Seeing Labor Shortages

• Mercer University Sororities Join Georgia Watermelon Association For a Weekend Blitz at Macon, GA Retail Chains

• Purdue Scientist: Energy-Dense Biofuel From Cellulose Close To Being Economical

• Judge Rules FDA Must Reconsider Antibiotic Ban Petitions

• USDA Announces Proposed Designation Of 12 New Biobased Product Categories

• Nat'l FFA's Washington Leadership Conference Inspires Students To Lead, Give Back

• McCormick USA Names New President/CEO

• Titan Machinery Acquires Nebraska Case IH Dealership

• Statement From Nat'l Pork Producers Council On Food Companies' Decisions On Sow Housing

• USDA Publishes Final Rule To Provide Greater Protection For Horses

June 06, 2012

• Spring 2012 Hits the Record Books as One of the Warmest

• Backyard Hobby Greenhouses are the Dream of Many Home Gardeners

• Survey: Farm Equipment Dealers Raise Their Sales Forecast

• Farm Bureau Outlines Priorities, Concerns With Farm Bill Legislation

• Ag Sec'y Vilsack To Appoint Socially-Disadvantaged Farmers To County Committees

• Ford Reveals 2013 F-150, Celebrates 65-Year Relationship With FFA

• Kroger To Suppliers: No Gestation Crates To Be Used

• U Of Illinois Ag Economist: Why The Soybean Price Roller Coaster Ride?

• USDA: Crop's Development Well Ahead Of Average

• Senate Begins Farm Bill Consideration

June 05, 2012

• Insects at the Farmers Market Shouldn't Bug You

• Blueberry Exobasidium Update

• Decatur Farmers Markets June Events

• $11,000 Reward Granted in Alabama Copper Theft Case

• One Of World's Largest Poultry Companies On Verge Of Bankruptcy

• Why Is June Dairy Month?

• Study Finds Senate Farm Bill Equitable Across Crops

• U Of Illinois Economist Issues Report On Beef Supplies, Cattle Industry Expansion Plans

• USDA Names New Deputy Chief Economist

• DuPont, Dow AgroSciences Named In Top 10 Best Places To Work in the Life Sciences Industry

June 04, 2012

• More Snakes Being Seen

• Empty Shipping Containers On East Coast Could Profit U.S. Soybean Farmers

• New Farm Bill Would End Direct Payments to Farmers

• Ag Sec'y Issues Comment On Farm Exports Reaching Second Highest Levels

• Agricultural Leaders Highlight Importance Of Water For Global Food Security

• USDA's Prices Received By Farmers Fell In May

• USDA Survey Shows Fewer Bee Colony Losses

• Atrazine Settlement Given Preliminary Approval By Federal Judge

• Nat'l Pork Board Disppointed In McDonald's Announced Hog Facility Timeline

• Environmental Working Group Releases Report on Farmers Receiving Subsidized Crop Insurance

June 01, 2012

• 2013 State Budget Funds Seven New Cabins at Rock Eagle 4-H Center

• State of Georgia to Streamline Services for Agricultural Exports

• Festival for Little Berry that has Bypassed Georgia Peaches in Value

• Niche Markets Offer Outlet for Dairy Farms Facing Challenges

• Union Contends USDA's Poultry Plan Violates Federal Law

• Syngenta Re-Brands Its Vegetable Seed Lines

• Monsanto Ups Its Earning Guidance 25%

• Fiat Industrial Seeks Merger With CNH

• China Leads Growth In Global Wind Power Capacity

• Toro Launches AquaFlow 3.0 Drip Irrigation System Design Software

 

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