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Livestock Antibiotics Move to Prescription-Only
Southeast Regional Ag News
The change goes into effect on June 11, 2023.
What's Happening to the Blueberries?
Southeast Regional Ag News
A multidisciplinary team of University of Georgia agriculture experts are working to determine causes and solutions to postharvest quality problems that have hit Georgia’s blueberry growers hard in recent seasons.
Cattle are King of U.S. Animal Receipts
Southeast Regional Ag News
U.S. farm cash receipts from animals and animal products totaled $195.8 billion in 2021, led by receipts of cattle and calves at $72.9 billion, or 37 percent.
Egg Price Gauging?
Southeast Regional Ag News
Farm Action, a farmer-led advocacy organization, is urging an investigation into egg prices.
Changes Abound in 118th Congress
Southeast Regional Ag News
Robbie Minnich, National Cotton Council, updates what they've been watching in D.C.
18 Organizations Square Up Over New WOTUS Rule
Southeast Regional Ag News
American Farm Bureau Federation and 17 other organizations have now announced a legal challenge to the new Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule released by the EPA.
Ag Sees Increase in Skilled Workers
Southeast Regional Ag News
Over the last two decades, USDA reports that the strongest rural job gains were in smaller industries that tend to employ high-skill workers.
NFU: Right to Repair MOU Not Enough
Southeast Regional Ag News
National Farmers Union says the recent right-to-repair Memorandum of Understanding between American Farm Bureau and John Deere is riddled with potential loopholes.
Food Prices Outpace General Inflation
Southeast Regional Ag News
USDA Economist Matt MacLachlan says food prices rose nearly 10.5% in December and gives his 2023 projections.
Fuel Prices Bottomed Out for the Year?
Southeast Regional Ag News
According to Patrick De Haan with GasBuddy, oil prices started the new year moving up slightly, and there is an expectation that fuel prices will climb in the first half of 2023.
Mexico Corn & Alabama Farmers
Southeast Regional Ag News
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack says there will be no compromise when it comes to Mexico's ban on genetically modified corn. Meanwhile, one Alabama couple receives national accolades.
Ag Secretary Non-Committal on Livestock Marketing Reforms
Southeast Regional Ag News
Secretary Vilsack was careful in recent comments not to overstep the general support he voiced last year for the Grassley-Fisher bill to boost price discovery and beef industry competition.
Right to Repair MOU
Southeast Regional Ag News
The American Farm Bureau Federation and John Deere have established a memorandum of understanding when it comes to farmers and ranchers and their ability to repair their own equipment.
Stabenow Retirement, Honeybee Vaccine, and John Deere Innovations
Southeast Regional Ag News
From Senate Ag Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow's retirement to an electric excavator, here is a dose of daily headlines.
An Eye in the Sky Focused on Agriculture
Southeast Regional Ag News
The EOS Data Analytics project is the world's first agriculture-focused satellite constellation.
Important Ag Provisions in the Omnibus Bill
Southeast Regional Ag News
The bill with more than 4,000 pages contains many notable items important to U.S. farmers and ranchers.
Food Inflation & Packer Consolidation
Southeast Regional Ag News
Annual food inflation jumped 8.8 percent in March, according to the latest government figures, the biggest jump since 1981.
Congressional Members Address Fertilizer with President Biden
Southeast Regional Ag News
Nearly 100 members of Congress including 35 from the Cotton Belt recently wrote President Joe Biden asking for a review of all available options to lower the cost of fertilizer.
Cotton Industry Sets Voluntary Wrap Standards
Southeast Regional Ag News
The standard was created to address inferior wrap that was beginning to come into the marketplace.
Avocado Crisis Averted
Southeast Regional Ag News
As of Friday, the Associated Press reported a U.S. Embassy announcement that Washington was lifting a ban on Mexican avocadoes, freeing the way for exports to resume after a week-long hiatus.