Peanut Growers Hear from Congressmen

During last week’s Southern Peanut Growers Conference held in Miramar Beach, Florida, Representatives Mike Rogers of Alabama and Austin Scott from Georgia were on hand to talk with peanut growers about the 2018 farm bill. Tyron Spearman was there and has the story.

Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research Projects

April 3, 2026

United Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the Future

March 27, 2026

Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming Subject

March 20, 2026

Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every Acre

March 19, 2026

Growers Putting CRISPR Trees Into the Ground
More than 300,000 CRISPR-edited citrus trees are being planted this year that have shown great potential against citrus greening disease in test groves. CRISPR, which stands for clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, is a gene-editing technology to help citrus growers produce a crop amid the disease. The Florida citrus industry is eager to see […]
Gmitter and Grosser Receive Rare Award
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) citrus breeders and geneticists Fred Gmitter and Jude Grosser recently received the rare Citrus Research and Education Center (CREC) Resident Professorship Award. The award has only been bestowed four other times in CREC’s 109-year history. The award recognizes careers that have brought distinction to the […]