Farmers and Ranchers Stepping Up to the Plate in Gulf of Mexico Initiative

Randall Weiseman Field Crops, Florida, General, Livestock, Specialty Crops, USDA-NRCS

The Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, Jason Weller, says farmers and ranchers deserve a lot of credit for the success of the Gulf of Mexico Initiative. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role In Applied Beef Cattle ResearchOctober 17, 2025FCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances …

Peanuts are Big Business in Southeast

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Field Crops, Florida, Georgia, Peanuts

While there are a variety of crops grown and livestock raised here in the Southeast, peanuts are still a big business. Tyron Spearman looks at some of the numbers. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role In Applied Beef Cattle ResearchOctober 17, 2025FCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …

Efforts to Keep Up Momentum on Immigration Reform

Randall Weiseman Field Crops, Fruits, General, Georgia, Nursery Crops, Specialty Crops, Vegetables

Immigration reform has been a top agricultural priority for years, but it has just recently taken center stage in Washington. And Georgia Agribusiness Council’s Bryan Tolar says how they are working to keep the momentum on the issue going. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role In Applied Beef Cattle ResearchOctober 17, 2025FCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity …

Some States Return to LFTB Purchases in Schools

Randall Weiseman Beef, Cattle, Livestock

While USDA has repeatedly affirmed the safety of lean finely textured beef, the overall amount of it purchased by the school lunch program is down about 95-percent. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role In Applied Beef Cattle ResearchOctober 17, 2025FCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage …

Nutrition Bill Still Unsettled in the House

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Florida, Fruits, General, Georgia, Vegetables

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas says everything about the farm bill process has been hard, but the fight surrounding the nutrition title is an extremely difficult issue. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role In Applied Beef Cattle ResearchOctober 17, 2025FCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances …

Rogers Previews Citrus Grower-Beekeeper Meeting

Ernie Neff Citrus, Florida

The September 18 Citrus Grower-Beekeeper Meeting in Lake Alfred will educate growers and beekeepers about each other’s challenges and hopefully establish lines of communication, University of Florida entomologist Michael Rogers says. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role In Applied Beef Cattle ResearchOctober 17, 2025FCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle …

Hog Smart

Dan Agri View, Alabama, Beef, Cattle, Citrus, Corn, Cotton, Dairy, Equine, Field Crops, Florida, Forestry, Fruits, General, Georgia, Livestock, Nursery Crops, Peanuts, Pork, Poultry, Soybeans, Specialty Crops, Sugar, Vegetables

The feral hog problem s continues to grow. Everett Griner explains. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role In Applied Beef Cattle ResearchOctober 17, 2025FCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025

Natural Fire Retardant Coating for Homes

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Florida, Forestry, General, Georgia, Weather

USDA researchers have developed an all natural temporary fire retardant gel that could give protection to homes caught in a wildfire. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role In Applied Beef Cattle ResearchOctober 17, 2025FCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025

Citrus Growers: CHMAs Work Best with Aerial Sprays

Ernie Neff Citrus, Florida

Citrus health management areas (CHMAs) do a good job reducing HLB-spreading psyllid populations, but CHMAs using aerial sprays have the best psyllid control. That’s what several growers attending Tuesday’s Highlands County Extension grower forum in Sebring said. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role In Applied Beef Cattle ResearchOctober 17, 2025FCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer …