USDA Looking to Hire More Meat/Poultry Food Safety Inspectors

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is looking to hire new food safety inspectors. Gary Crawford has the story. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Resources To Researchers For Applied ResearchJune 12, 2026Florida Cattle …

Winter Flowers Add Vibrant Color to Your Winter Garden

Looking to spruce up your garden for the coming months? Cathy Isom has an array of flowers, and plants, for adding vibrant color to your winter garden.  That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Dreading those dreary winter days? Consider adding some color to your garden with a few winter flowers. While the dormant season has its own beauty, …

The Reality of the Beef Checkoff

by Greg Hanes, CEO, Cattlemen’s Beef Board (CBB-Oct. 9, 2019) — In the few months since I took the helm as CEO of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board (CBB) – the governing and administrative organization of the Beef Checkoff – there appears to be many misperceptions, false rumors, and misinformation about how the checkoff works and is administered. Let’s look at …

New UF Lab Gives Researchers Preview of Climate Change in the Gulf

GAINESVILLE, FL (UF/IFAS-Oct. 9, 2019) — Scientists are already observing climate change in the Gulf of Mexico. Tropical species, such snook and black mangrove, are moving north. Flows of freshwater into estuaries are dwindling. The hard part: predicting how climate change will affect the plants, animal and people who depend on the Gulf. To make these predictions, you need a …

Plan Now for Sunbelt Ag Expo

The Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition will celebrate its 42nd Anniversary show October 15-17, as more than 1,200 exhibitors will display and demonstrate products for thousands of visitors on the 100-acre show site in Moultrie, Georgia. Tyron Spearman has more details. Over the past thirty years, the Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year award program has honored excellence across Southern agriculture’s diverse landscape. …

COUNTRY Financial Looking Forward to Sunbelt Ag Expo

Since 1925, COUNTRY Financial has had their roots firmly planted in agriculture, and they continue to invest in the future of ag. That’s why Director of Agribusiness Operation at COUNTRY Financial, Lindsey Rinkenberger, said they look forward to talking with farmers next week during the Sunbelt Ag Expo in Moultrie, Georgia. And last year, COUNTRY Financial partnered with Sunbelt Ag …

Meat Institute Challenging California Prop 12

(NAFB) — The North American Meat Institute last Friday filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 12, The Farm Animal Confinement Initiative. The Meat Institute opposes the law because the organization claims the law will “hurt the nation’s food value chain by significantly increasing costs for producers and consumers.” The lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court …

VP Pence Calls on Congress to Pass USMCA

(NAFB) — Vice President Mike Pence spent time early this week promoting the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) while calling on Congress to pass the trade deal. Pence penned an editorial in the Arizona Daily Star promoting the trade agreement. The Vice President also toured a Tyson Foods facility in Tennessee. Meanwhile, in a White House statement, Pence says USMCA will add …

High Efficient Lighting for the Farm

Cathy Isom tells us about the high efficient way ag producers have to light up the farm. Photo: Cultivation of fresh herbs and pepper with red and blue LEDs. Using special LED equipment in rooms without light and in greenhouses. LEDs with a wavelength of 630nm, 660nm, 440nm, 445nm, 430nm,d blue leds. The basil is grown without daylight, the leds …