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...
by grassdmin8 | Feb 25, 2013 | News & Articles
By Jim Langcuster, Alabama, Cooperative Extension System February 25, 2013 For centuries, farmers have operated largely at the mercy of nature’s fickle temperament, whether this was expressed as a late freeze, a prolonged drought or a scorching temperature spike....
by grassdmin8 | Feb 19, 2013 | News & Articles
farmgateblog.com February 19, 2013 All of the newspaper and television headlines will scream that net farm income for 2013 will be up 14% compared to last year. And many of those readers and viewers will remember prior headlines that indicated farmers were raking in...
