Citrus Industry eNews: Aiding HLB-Tree Yields; Senate Rejects E-verify

Tacy Callies Citrus, Florida, General

If you would like to receive the eNews version directly via e-mail, please subscribe here. Citrus Industry eNews Exclusive sponsor: SMART Nitrogen Fertilizers-Micronutrients-Phosphites DON’T MISS THIS Insecticides, Foliar Nutrients Both Aid HLB-Infected Citrus Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …

More Class-Action

Dan Agri View, Alabama, Beef, Cattle, Citrus, Corn, Cotton, Dairy, Equine, Field Crops, Florida, Forestry, General, Georgia, Livestock, Nursery Crops, Peanuts, Pork, Poultry, Soybeans, Specialty Crops, Sugar, Vegetables

U.S.D.A. files new class-action law suits. Everett Griner tells us what this is all about. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support …

Alabama NRCS Receives Disaster Recovery Aid

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cattle, Cotton, Equine, Field Crops, Forestry, General, Livestock, Pork, Poultry, USDA-NRCS

Auburn, Ala, May 4, 2011 – The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has made available $600,000 in financial and technical assistance through the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) program for disaster recovery aid in Alabama. NRCS is helping with the disaster through EWP by removing debris out of waterways. Local NRCS field personnel are also assisting the Alabama Department of Agriculture …

AL NRCS Continuing Efforts with Tribe to Assist Migratory Birds

Randall Weiseman Alabama, USDA-NRCS

With the recent observation of the one year anniversary of the Deep Horizon Gulf Oil Spill we check in with David Elliot, Alabama NRCS tribal liaison to the Poarch Creek Indian Tribe, who says that the tribe was very involved in the Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative designed to improve habitat conditions and safeguard food sources for the migratory birds that …

House and Senate Immigration Bills Drastically Differ

Randall Weiseman Field Crops, Florida, General, Nursery Crops, Specialty Crops, Vegetables

It looks like immigration could be a mute issue in the legislature this year, thanks to the failing of an amendment that would have forced employers to use the federal E-verify system in the Senate’s version of the bill. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most …

High Prices is Only Half the Story When it Comes to Cotton

Randall Weiseman Cotton, Georgia

High prices is the main story surrounding the cotton industry right now, but executive director of the Georgia Cotton Commission, Richey Seaton, says the rest of the story is the high input prices. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026Florida …

FL NRCS Migratory Bird Initiative Incorporates Several Practices

Randall Weiseman Florida, USDA-NRCS

The Natural Resources Conservation Service in Florida works closely with a variety of entities including the Perdido Bay Tribe of Creek Indians and Chief Bobby Johns Bearheart says one example of those efforts is showcased through the Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get …

GA U-Pick Veggie Season in Peak

Randall Weiseman Georgia, Specialty Crops, Vegetables

Bainbridge, GA producer, Gerald Long says they will kick-off their u-pick vegetable operation this weekend, just in time for Mother’s Day. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026Florida …

Pasture to Plate Producer Believes in Checkoff

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Beef, Cattle, Dairy, Florida, Georgia, Livestock

“Get to know your beef checkoff” is our weekly series brought to you by the beef checkoff and this week we hear from Steve Whitmire, with Ridgefield Farm and Brasstown Beef in Georgia and North Carolina. He said producers need to continue to promote their product and that’s why the checkoff is so important. Download Audio To learn more about …

No Change in Peanut Prices

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Peanuts

The peanut posted price has seen a pretty hefty rise each of the past two weeks but Tyron Spearman reports that’s not the case this week. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers …