Solutions for Climate Change

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Florida, General, Georgia

The Environmental Protection Agency held an endangerment finding last week to take the first step in regulating Green House Gases. But Dennis Nuxoll, Director of Governmental Relations for American Farmland Trust believes a cap and trade system would be a better alternative to managing the Climate Change issue.

POLO HORSES LIKELY DIED FROM SELENIUM OVERDOSE

Randall Weiseman Equine, Florida, Livestock

The Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Sciences released this information today: TALLAHASSEE — Florida State Veterinarian Thomas J. Holt today reported that an overdose of selenium was the probable cause of death of the 21 polo horses that collapsed prior to a competition in Wellington on April 19. In a memorandum to Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles …

EWP Program Assist City of Melbourne

Randall Weiseman Florida, General, USDA-NRCS

The City of Melbourne received over 24 inches of rain last summer from Tropical Storm Fay creating flooding and erosion concerns to one of the main canal systems. Jenni Lamb, Melbourne’s City Engineer, says Florida NRCS stepped in through their Emergency Watershed Protection Program to assist with repairs.

American Sugar Alliance: Farm Bill Sugar Program Working Well

Gary Cooper Florida, Sugar

While in Washington D C this week we discussed the sugar program with American Sugar Alliance spokesman Luther Markwart, who says the program that was implemented as part of the most recent farm bill is working well for U S sugarcane and sugarbeet growers. Hear his comments in these reports.

FL Fresh Citrus Growers to Hold Referendum on Mktg Order

Gary Cooper Citrus, Florida

In these two reports, Citrus Administrative Committee (CAC) Manager Duke Chadwell (left), and Chairman Lindsay Raley (right), discuss an important upcoming referendum among growers of fresh citrus fruit that will determine whether or not they will manage their own marketing effort for “fresh” fruit in the future.