by grassdmin8 | Mar 21, 2013 | News & Articles
By Tyne Morgan, Ag Day TV National Reporter, March 21, 2013 The 2012 drought proved too much for countless acres of row crops to handle last year. As farmers were forced to watch their dying crops starve from no moisture, livestock producers saw the writing on the...
by grassdmin8 | Mar 21, 2013 | News & Articles
Thursday, March 21st, 2013 Some 1.2 billion people-almost a fifth of the world-live in areas of physical water scarcity, while another 1.6 billion face what can be called economic water shortage. The situation is only expected to worsen as population growth, climate...
by grassdmin8 | Mar 21, 2013 | News & Articles
By Allison Floyd, Growing Georgia, March 20th, 2013 The USDA will begin to furlough inspectors for 11 days beginning in July, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told the Sioux City Journal on Tuesday. Some 6,200 inspectors might be forced to take furlough days under...
by grassdmin8 | Mar 15, 2013 | News & Articles
Ed Whaley in Growing Georgia, March 15th, 2013 What if there was something a farmer could do to make his sprayers more efficient without buying any new equipment? It may be as simple as turning the nozzle. “Whether you are using a liquid fertilizer, pesticide,...
by grassdmin8 | Mar 6, 2013 | News & Articles
Wednesday, March 6th, 2013 Under current law as applied by USDA’s program agencies, Government payments directly paid to producers are expected to total $10.9 billion in 2013. This payment level generally remains unchanged from 2012. Direct payments under the...
