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The Farm Monitor shines a light on Southeastern agriculture and is the only weekly news and information program dedicated to Georgia’s largest and most important industry: agriculture.
Each week, our staff travels the state and nation to cover stories of interest to farmers and consumers. While Georgia agriculture and farming are the show’s main focus, we also bring you national agriculture issues, consumer information, cooking segments, and entertaining feature stories about rural life and interesting people. read more
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USDA research points to residual treatments for hard-to-reach areas where pests can survive.
Crude availability may remain adequate, but tight distillate inventories leave less cushion if agricultural and freight demand strengthen through harvest.
For soybean producers, continued biofuel expansion increasingly depends on whether refiners can physically produce and blend enough fuel to meet federal targets.
The timing of additional imports could put pressure on cattle prices as producers decide whether to expand their herds.
The ballot measure could direct up to $175 million toward wildfire mitigation and conservation projects.
Earlier feedlot placement could help producers capture more efficient growth from beef-on-dairy cattle.
The American Soybean Association warns proposed refinery exemptions could reduce biofuel demand and cut U.S. soybean crop value by more than $1 billion.
Texas A&M researchers are studying whether prickly pear could offer drought-prone regions a new crop opportunity, but commercial markets and processing infrastructure still need development.
USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey says July heat kept pressure on the spring wheat crop this year, while drought took an even bigger toll on winter wheat.
Stronger renewable diesel incentives could support demand for soybean oil and other domestic feedstocks.
Changing market conditions are making protection levels more attractive for some cattle producers.
Expanding cow numbers drove most of the production growth in July, with the national dairy herd up nearly 200,000 head from last year.