Georgia Grown Ad Campaign and El Nino Forecast Official
From the Ag Information Network, I’m Bob Larson with your Agribusiness Update.
**The Georgia Grown Program, a division of the Georgia Department of Agriculture, released a new ad campaign featuring Georgia Ag Commissioner Tyler Harper, Governor Brian Kemp, and First Lady Marty Kemp.
According to www.morningagclips.com, the ads highlight
Georgia Grown specialty crops and encourages everyone to take the “Georgia Grown Challenge” by comparing Georgia Grown products to any other state’s produce.
Learn more at www.georgiagrown.com
www.morningagclips.com/georgia-grown-releases-new-ad-campaign/
**It’s been forecasted for months, and now, in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's monthly outlook, forecasters issued an El Niño Advisory.
www.agrimarketing.com reports, the climate phenomenon occurs every two to seven years on average.
Typically, moderate to strong El Niño conditions during the fall and winter result in wetter-than-average conditions from southern California up the Gulf Coast and drier-than-average conditions in the Pacific Northwest and Ohio Valley.
www.agrimarketing.com/s/145590
**The USDA will accept more than 1 million acres of the land offered for entry into the land-idling Conservation Reserve during the recent signup for large tracts of land.
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack tells www.agriculture.com, contracts expire on 2 million acres in the reserve this fall and enrollment of 23 million acres is well below the ceiling of 27 million.
Landowners offered 1.2 million acres during the general signup that ended April 7.
www.agriculture.com/news/business/usda-accepts-more-than-1-million-acres-for-conservation-reserve
