New Study Shines Light on Shipping Cost for Tomatoes

Randall Weiseman Florida, Fruits, Georgia, Specialty Crops, Vegetables

A new economic case study has found that shipping tomatoes in corrugated boxes can be significantly cheaper than shipping them in reusable plastic containers. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida 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 …

Farm to School Census Highlights Farmer Benefits of Program

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

USDA’s first-ever Farm to School Census showed that in the 2011-12 school year more than 38-thousand schools participating in program purchased and served more than 350-million dollars in local food to their 21-million students. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, …

No Change to Peanut Crop Estimates

Randall Weiseman Field Crops, Peanuts

There are no changes thus far to the estimates for this year’s peanut crop, as Tyron Spearman runs through the numbers. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida 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, 2026Florida …

Responding to Pew Report

Randall Weiseman Beef, Cattle, Dairy, Livestock, Pork, Poultry

Farmers and ranchers are being urged to monitor and respond to local coverage of the Pew Commission report on industrial farm animal production released this week. Download Audio For more information click Here. Sponsored ContentFlorida 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 …

Grower Discusses Citrus Conditions, HLB, H-2A

Ernie Neff Citrus, Florida

Southwest Florida citrus grower Wayne Simmons discusses current tree conditions, fruit drop, HLB and the hope that foreign H-2A workers will arrive in time for harvest. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida 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 …

West Virginia Poultry Farmer Prevails against EPA

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cattle, Florida, General, Georgia, Livestock, Pork, Poultry

A federal court Wednesday ruled in favor of West Virginia poultry farmer Lois Alt in a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia ruled that contrary to EPA’s contention Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of …

Florida Bills Would Give Tax Help to Farmers

Randall Weiseman Cattle, Citrus, Field Crops, Florida, General, Livestock, Nursery Crops, Specialty Crops

From The News Service of Florida: Looking to help farmers, Sen. Wilton Simpson, R-Trilby, and Rep. Jake Raburn, R-Lithia, filed bills this week that would create new tax exemptions for the agriculture industry. The bills (SB 312 and HB 207) would provide exemptions for irrigation equipment, replacement parts for farm equipment and repairs to farm equipment. Also, it would allow …

Melon Problems

Dan Agri View, Alabama, Field Crops, Florida, General, Georgia, Specialty Crops

Disease problems are plaguing melon growers. Everett Griner explains. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida 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, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, …

NRCS Resuming Work with Producers to Implement Conservation

Randall Weiseman Florida, General, USDA-NRCS

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service offices across the country are open and are working to expediently address the backlog of requests that resulted from the partial government shutdown. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida 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 …

Getting More Food From Local Farms To Schools

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