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Buddy McKinstry looks concerned: He’s walking the border of a sweet corn field just off U.S. 27 south of South Bay, Fla., and doesn’t like what he sees...

More than 1,400 Georgia farmers and agribusiness leaders from across the state met on Jekyll Island earlier this month for the organization’s annual convention...

Steve Dunn of Conecuh County, Jake Harper of Wilcox County and Dean Wysner of Randolph County each retained their positions as officers with the Alabama Farmers Federation during elections at the organization’s 90th annual meeting here...

Jim Sidebottom, a 55-year farming veteran of Green County, was honored as the 2011 Kentucky Farm Bureau (KFB) “Farmer of the Year” during the organization’s 92nd annual meeting in Louisville...

What do you do when you turn 50 years old? Why, you throw a big party, and that’s what the Georgia Peanut Commission did at this year’s . Commission members served show participants cupcakes made with peanut flower and topped with peanut icing. The Commission’s Joy Carter and Don Koehler talked...

Rain, fail to stop Ag from reaching good crowds, completing most events...

Chip Blalock and Gina McDonald talk with Oscar the robot at the Georgia Electric Cooperatives Exhibit at the Ag . Oscar helped present Blalock and McDonald with a framed copy of this year’s Ag Program cover. The app Oscar is referring to was produced by Farm Press Publications in cooperation with...

Severe drought conditions threw Georgia forage producers another curve this year. The lack of timely rainfall means hay supplies could be short in many areas this fall. The University of Georgia’s Dennis Hancock says growers will need to take advantage of the rainfall and, hopefully, warmer...

Georgia’s dryland farmers are facing the probability of short crops following the severe drought conditions of 2011. Farmers who can irrigate are likely to fare somewhat better, particularly with the higher commodity prices nationwide, according to Billy Skaggs. Skaggs, who filled in for an ailing...

Thomas Porter Jr., a beef, hog and poultry producer from North Carolina, has been named the Southeastern Farmer of the Year.. Speaking to a crowd of well-wishers attending the annual Farmer of the Year Luncheon at this year’s Ag , Porter said it was hard to believe “you could be honored and...