A plan has been revealed to revamp the nation’s food safety system and efforts are already underway to move things forward. Sponsored ContentUnited Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida 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 …
New Lettuce Breeding Lines
Researchers have released three new leaf lettuce breeding lines with resistance to corky root, a serious disease of lettuce. Sponsored ContentUnited Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida 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 …
Former FL Governor Proposes New Immigration Plan
An independent Council on Foreign Relations – co-chaired by former Florida Governor Jeb Bush – has recommended a strict end to quotas on work-based immigrant visas. Sponsored ContentUnited Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch …
Folic Acid Recommendations
Federal guidelines for folic acid intake have been updated to strongly encourage all women of child bearing age to take a daily multi-vitamin with folic acid. Julie Shertzer with Ohio State Extension explains why and what this important nutrient is. Sponsored ContentUnited Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight …
Piloted Quarentine Crop Insurance
USDA is offering a new pilot quarantine insurance product to California citrus and avocado growers and Risk Management Agency acting administrator Bill Murphy says the program is receiving much interest from across the country. Sponsored ContentUnited Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps …
New Crop Insurance Product Being Tested in California Citrus
There is a new type of crop insurance product being tested in California that should be of interest to other fruit and vegetable producers around the country, even though it may not be fine-tuned and available for other states or crops for at least a couple more years. Rod Bain of USDA Radio News offers more details in this report. …
Chambliss Believes Clean Water Restoration Act is Unnecessary
With everyone watching the House with the passing of the American Clean Energy and Security Act, the Senate has been moving the Clean Water Restoration Act through the motions. And Senator Saxby Chambliss encourages producers to take notice. Sponsored ContentUnited Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming …
Sugar Cane Down, Sweet Potatoes Up
USDA’s Acreage Report released last week showed a few surprises for some Florida specialty crops. Jeff Geuder, director of the Florida Agricultural Statistics Service, tells us what crops are down and which ones are new on the survey. USDA NASS Sponsored ContentUnited Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight …
Can You Dig It?
Home gardening is bigger than we thought. Today Everett Griner explains. Sponsored ContentUnited Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida 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, 2026
Gardening Workshops
This summer USDA is conducting Gardening Workshops at the People’s Garden in Washington DC. Leslie Burks with NRCS says that their goal is to help people realize that growing a garden may be easier than they think. Sponsored ContentUnited Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch …