Georgia Peanut Commission Photo Contest and Ag Trade Deficit Higher
From the Ag Information Network, this is your Agribusiness Update.
**The Georgia Peanut Commission is hosting a photo contest through October 1st featuring peanut farms from across the state to fill the pages of the 2025 Georgia Peanut Calendar.
www.morningagclips.com reports, photos will also be selected to be used in various promotional projects by GPC throughout the year.
For complete details or to submit photos in .jpg format, go to www.gapeanuts.com by October 1 for consideration.
www.morningagclips.com/georgia-peanut-commission-2025-calendar-photo-contest/
**USDA recently expanded its Nursery Value Select Crop Insurance Program to ALL counties in ALL states.
The Risk Management Agency is encouraging interested nursery producers to learn more about the program through an informational workshop which will be held this Thursday at 2pm Central, 11am Pacific time.
Nursery Value Select is a pilot program enabling nursery producers to select the dollar amount of coverage that best fits their needs.
For more, go to www.usda.gov .
**The agricultural trade deficit, the value of exports versus imports, increased in the first eight months of the fiscal year.
USDA says the deficit is at $15.2 billion so far in the 2023-24 marketing year that runs through September.
From October through the end of May, exporters shipped $122.3 billion worth of ag products, while importers brought in $137.6 billion in goods.
Last year’s ag deficit totaled a record $17.2 billion.
