The month of February may be better known for a holiday famous for it’s chocolates and flowers, but it is also home to some more obscure observations, such as Canned Food Month. Download Audio
Pfizer Offers New Cattle Respiratory Vaccine
Mitch Blanding, Senior Manager of US Beef Veterinary Operations for Pfizer Animal Health, wants cattle producers rto know about INFORCE™ 3, a new three-way respiratory cattle vaccine for the prevention of respiratory disease. Download Audio To learn more about INFORCE™ 3 go to the Pfizer Animal Health website at animalhealth.pfizer.com
Wrong Time to Cut Farm Payments & Peanut Popularity is Up
There are some in Washington working hard to make sure farm payments are not cut in the middle of the current farm bill as Tyron Spearman talks about that along with providing information about peanut popularity. Payments: Download Audio Popularity: Download Audio
Citrus Industry eNews: Foliar Nutrition; Numeric Nutrient Criteria Action
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National Teach Ag Day
To help better communicate the need for more agricultural educators, Ag teachers across the nation are telling their own stories to their students in observance of National Teach Ag Day. Download Audio
Pears & Persimmons
These are hard to find if you are home canning and preserving, but, you will find them in the store. Everett Griner tells us it just isn’t the same. Download Audio
High Cotton Prices Creating Demand Concerns
During the recent Georgia Cotton Commission annual meeting Alan Terhaar, executive director of Cotton Council International, said the high cotton prices are creating bolth opportunities and a few issues for the industry. Download Audio
NRCS Farm and Ranch Protection Program Successful in FL
Ed Wright, assistant state conservationist for easement programs with the Florida Natural Resources Conservation Service, says the Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program has been successful in Florida by maintaining the heritage of agriculture all the while still looking ahead to the future. Download Audio The deadline for 2011 FRPP funding is March 21, 2011. Log on to the FL …
AL NRCS Operating on 2010 Budget
Even though lawmakers in DC continue to struggle over budgetary issues Alabama State Conservationist, Dr. Bill Puckett, assures producers that they continue to have assistance available to landowners. Download Audio
UF Awarded Grant to Improve Pine Management for Climate Change
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Pine trees are one of the most important crops in the southeastern U.S., and a consortium led by University of Florida personnel has been awarded a five-year, $20 million federal grant to help landowners and foresters throughout the region adapt to and mitigate global climate change in coming decades. Download Audio