Production Value of SE Crops and Ukrainian Soil Tainted

Production Value of SE Crops and Ukrainian Soil Tainted

Bob Larson
Bob Larson
From the Ag Information Network, I’m Bob Larson with your Agribusiness Update.

**The U.S. value of production for field and miscellaneous crops was estimated at $219 billion in 2022, up 3% from 2021.

Alabama’s value of field and miscellaneous crop production totaled $1.31 billion, up 2%. And it’s leading value crop was cotton at $346 million.

The value of Florida’s crop production totaled $1.32 billion, up 8% from 2021.

The value of Georgia’s crop production totaled $3.00 billion, up 9%. And Georgia’s leading value crop was cotton at $1.25 billion.

www.morningagclips.com/southern-region-crop-values-3/

**War appears to be poisoning Ukraine’s famously fertile soil.

Ukrainian scientists tell www.agriculture.com, soil samples from the Kharkiv region show that “high concentrations of toxins such as mercury and arsenic from munitions and fuel are polluting the ground.”

According to a Reuters report, the development comes at a time of mounting vulnerability for Ukraine’s ag sector, as the war with Russia enters its second year, and could further affect global food security.

www.agriculture.com/news/business/claim-war-is-poisoning-ukraine-s-famously-fertile-soil

**The National Potato Council installed its 2023 roster of Executive Committee members last week at the organization’s annual Washington Summit.

During the Annual Meeting of the Voting Delegates, RJ Andrus of Idaho Falls, Idaho, was elected to serve as the Council’s President for the next 12 months.

Andrus is a third-generation farmer and an owner of TBR Farms located in Hamer, Idaho.

He has served on the Executive Committee since 2019.

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