The latest from USDA and Georgia Department of Agriculture
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USDA Announces Appointments to the Hass Avocado Board sblack Mon, 10/05/2026 - 15:36 Date October 05, 2026 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to...
By Clint Thompson The Georgia Cotton Commission and Camp Hand, University of Georgia (UGA) Extension cotton agronomist, are advising the state’s cotton growers about harvests plans over the next cou...
With the recent program updates to ARC and PLC, some producers may want to find out more information. Undersecretary Richard Fordyce tells us where to go to learn more. “What I would do is just dire...
The European Union has long been a major buyer of peanuts from the United States, but we’ve got a problem right now with the testing. Despite our efforts, the data shows that the percentage of l...
International Demand Helps Shape Colonial Farming Before 1720, agriculture in the mid-Atlantic colonies was largely based on small-scale farming operations. Many colonists relied on farming not only t...
Here are the weekly livestock market reports for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, for the week ended October 2, 2026, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for all three states. AL Livestock Mar...
USDA Announces Designations to Provide Official Services Under the U.S. Grain Standards Act DARIUS J. PARKER Fri, 10/02/2026 - 14:56 Date October 02, 2026 ...
USDA Opens Annual U.S. Grain Exporter Registration for 2027 DARIUS J. PARKER Fri, 10/02/2026 - 14:36 Date October 02, 2026 On Oct. 1, 2026, the U.S. De...
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins expressed her support and congratulations to Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Luke Lindberg for his appointment as Executive Direc...
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has announced that USDA will provide more than $531 million in congressionally mandated recovery assistance to Georgia agricultural producers through a blo...
With nine months of trade now in the books, we review our list of 48 commodities and how their performance rates since New Year’s. Conflicts in Iraq and Ukraine, of course, have had energy way o...
German and European Immigrants Shaped American Farming Ethnic groups played an important role in the development of early American agriculture, bringing different farming practices, traditions, skills...
With the new updates and acreage additions to the ARC and PLC programs, some livestock producers may wonder what this means for them. Southeast AgNet sat down with Undersecretary Richard Fordyce to he...
USDA Announces Suspension of California Kiwifruit Marketing Order Provisions DARIUS J. PARKER Wed, 09/30/2026 - 14:43 Date September 30, 2026 The U.S. ...
USDA Announces $12.65 Million Available to Support Dairy Business Innovation DARIUS J. PARKER Wed, 09/30/2026 - 14:23 Date September 30, 2026 The ...
USDA Announces $2.3 Million Awarded through the Micro-Grants for Food Security Program DARIUS J. PARKER Fri, 09/25/2026 - 12:13 Date September 25, 2026 ...
USDA Announces $5 Million Awarded through the Acer Access and Development Program DARIUS J. PARKER Thu, 09/24/2026 - 11:25 Date September 24, 2026 Fun...
USDA to Conduct Vote on Florida Citrus Marketing Order dparker Thu, 09/24/2026 - 09:18 Date September 24, 2026 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA...
Canned Blueberries Grades and Standards dparker Tue, 09/22/2026 - 12:11 Grades of Canned BlueberriesU.S. Grade A or U.S. Fancy is the quality of canned blueberries that possess similar...
National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) Meeting - Alexandria, VA dparker Mon, 09/21/2026 - 10:15 Location Alexandria, VA Beginning Date: May 4, 2027End...
