(WASHINGTON, D.C.) U.S. Senators Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) and Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) today announced that Dr. A. Stanley Culpepper, Associate Professor and Extension Agronomist at the University of Georgia (UGA) in Tifton, has been selected to receive the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2010 Montreal Protocol Award. According to the EPA, Dr. Culpepper received this honor for his research in developing …
USDA Working to Improve Organic Crop Insurance Programs
The Risk Management Agency has recently released three reports on how to improve crop insurance programs for organic crops. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to Cattle Producers in FloridaDecember 12, 2025Commitment From Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Members Seeks To Move Research ForwardDecember 5, 2025Florida Cattle …
A Glass of O.J. a Day
As flu season approaches consumers might want to try adding a glass of orange juice to their breakfast routine since a glass of 100% orange juice counts as a daily serving of fruit and is loaded with vitamins and antioxidants. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important …
Rains Help Peanut Digging
Rains this past weekend across the peanut growing areas here in the Southeast will make a difference when digging resumes, as Tyron Spearman has a look at this week’s crop conditions. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to Cattle Producers in FloridaDecember 12, 2025Commitment From Florida …
President Signs Mandatory Price Reporting Bill
Mandatory Price Reporting Reauthorization legislation has been signed by the President, a bill which not only extends reporting requirements of livestock daily markets for five years, but also adds some new aspects for pork and dairy producers. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to Cattle Producers …
Beef for Fall Tailgating
Cattle producers are being reminded their checkoff dollars this fall are going towards efforst to reach consumers how beef fits well with tailgating plans during football season. Various recipe ideas are available at beefitswhatsfordinner.com. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to Cattle Producers in FloridaDecember 12, …
“Citrus Industry” To Launch New “Electronic” with Focus Group Input
We greatly appreciate the input of our grower focus group for helping us design and organize a new Citrus Industry Electronic newsletter. The new weekly e-mail service from Citrus Industry Magazine will debut in coming days, targeting citrus growers and industry with top citrus news of the week. The first issue will be received by more than two-thousand bona fide …
Worm Farm
Everett Griner lets us know just how worm farming is becoming big business. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to Cattle Producers in FloridaDecember 12, 2025Commitment From Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Members Seeks To Move Research ForwardDecember 5, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Support For Cattle …
FL FSA Hopes to Aid in the Increase in Bio Energy Crop Acreage
The Florida Farm Service Agency’s Feedstocks for Florida Biofuels Townhall Meetings are still ongoing throughout the state. And Santa Rosa County FSA executive director, Travis Kelley, says they hope they can assist growers in making a concentrated effort to reach the goal of 2 million of Florida’s acres devoted to biofuel production. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides …
Having to Adjust to a Global Cotton Market
Over the past 15 to 20 years markets the U.S. cotton industry has seen many changes in their markets and vice president of market competition for Cotton Incorporated, Mike Watson, says one of the biggest is the fact that we were once using over 11 million bales domestically, but are now down to only around 3 and a half million …