More Georgia Peanuts-hay-oats and U.S. Makes Strong Case for GMO Corn
From the Ag Information Network, this is your Agribusiness Update.
**Georgia farmers devoted more land to peanuts, hay and oats in 2024, according to the June Acreage Report from the National Ag Statistics Service.
These increases offset decreases in cotton, corn and winter wheat.
Georgia growers planted 850,000 acres in peanuts in 2024 up 9.6% from the 775,000 in 2023.
The USDA estimates over 1.75 million acres of peanuts have been planted, up from 1.64 million last year.
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**The U.S. made a strong case under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement in the dispute with Mexico over genetically engineered corn.
Doug McKalip, chief ag negotiator for the U.S. Trade
Representative’s Office, says it’s critically important not just for corn growers, but farmers of all kinds, adding if they can do this with corn, they can do it with anything.
McKalip says the U.S. cannot allow its trading partners to play “fast and loose” with the science.
**Last week, witnesses before the House Ag Committee, including producers, lenders, input suppliers, and Extension economists, warned of the dire outlook facing our agricultural supply chain.
They urged policy makers to "head off the economic hemorrhaging" and substantially correct the farm safety net through enactment of enhanced risk management tools.
House Ag Committee Chair GT Thompson says the testimony painted a dark picture of the American farm economy and should be a wake-up call.
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