Category Archives: Florida News

Expansion of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program Begins Sept. 21 WASHINGTON, Sept. 18, 2020 – President Donald J. Trump and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced up to an additional $14 billion for agricultural producers who continue to … Continue reading →

The July/August 2020 issue of the Southeastern Peanut Farmer is now available online. Click here! This issue features: Working through a Pandemic Thrive with Peanuts Harvest Guidebook USDA NASS releases Planting Acreage Report Sunbelt Ag Expo Field Day set for … Continue reading →

The April 2020 issue of the Southeastern Peanut Farmer is now available online. Click here! This issue features: Seed Treatment Game Changer 2020 Disease & Insect Guidebook Georgia Peanut Commission Increases Research Funding Florida Peanut Producers Association holds 45th Annual … Continue reading →

The March 2020 issue of the Southeastern Peanut Farmer is now available online. Click here! This issue features: Farm Recovery Program Block Grants Available for Georgia Farmers Spreading Good Campaign Aims to Spread Goodwill 2020 Weed Guidebook Georgia Peanut Commission … Continue reading →

The January/February 2020 issue of the Southeastern Peanut Farmer is now available online. Click here! This issue features: Culinary experts attend Farm-to-Table Peanut Harvest Tour in Alabama 2020 Peanut Variety Guidebook Florunner – An industry favorite destroyed by TSWV From … Continue reading →

Agricultural producers now can enroll in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs – two U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) safety net programs – for the 2020 crop year. Meanwhile, producers who enrolled farms for the … Continue reading →

The October/November 2019 issue of the Southeastern Peanut Farmer is now available online. Click here! This issue features: National Peanut Research Lab Celebrates 50 Years of Research American Peanut Growers Group Opens New Blancher Delta Peanut Breaks Ground Georgia Peanut … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 9, 2019 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that agricultural producers affected by natural disasters in 2018 and 2019, including Hurricane Dorian, can apply for assistance through the Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program Plus … Continue reading →

(Washington, D.C., September 3, 2019) – Agricultural producers can now enroll in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs, two popular safety net programs, for the 2019 crop year. Interested producers must sign up for either … Continue reading →

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue  announced July 25 further details of the $16 billion package aimed at supporting American agricultural producers while the Administration continues to work on free, fair, and reciprocal trade deals. In May, President Trump directed … Continue reading →