Pollen and Bees Essential to our Food Supply

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Citrus, Cotton, Field Crops, Florida, General, Georgia, Nursery Crops, Specialty Crops, Vegetables

David Westervelt, assistant chief of apiary with the Florida Department of Agriculture, reminds to be thankful for that pollen and bee that helps provide the food, fiber and many other products we use every day. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Farm Bill Discussions Continue

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

Discussions concerning a new farm bill continue as Tyron Spearman has the latest on what’s being said in our nation’s capitol. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

April’s Cotton Outlook Highlights

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

April’s Cotton Outlook reveals some fairly significant changes as USDA’s World Agricultural Outlook Board chair Gerry Bange gives us the details. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Alabama-Georgia Cattle Market Numbers Down Again in 2012

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cattle, Georgia, Livestock

The number of cattle run through the Alabama and Georgia livestock auctions in 2012 were less than the year before but according David Garcia, OIC for the Market News Service, cattle prices continue to be good. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Friends of IFAS Encouraged to Contact Congressman Regarding Budget

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

IFAS stakeholders are encouraged to lobby their representatives and senators, specifically House Subcommittee Agriculture Appropriations member, Congressman Tom Rooney, regarding the proposed FY 2014 budget. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Whiskey for Sustenance and Other Citrus Tales

Ernie Neff Citrus, Florida

How whiskey helped keep workers banking trees so they could be saved in the 1962 freeze was one of numerous citrus remembrances that growers and others shared in a Thursday evening program at Florida Southern College. The program, which attracted about 200, was called “A Celebration of Florida Citrus Through the Years.” Download Audio This citrus news post sponsored by: …

Administration Welcomes Japan Into TPP Talks

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

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 12, 2013 – The National Pork Producers Council today praised the Obama administration for agreeing to accept Japan into the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade negotiations. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Peanut Short Course is Tuesday

Randall Weiseman Field Crops, Georgia, Peanuts

A peanut seed short course will be held next Tuesday as Tyron Spearman has the details. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Food Labeling

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

If someone tells you that their crop was “organic ” would you know what they mean? Everett Griner discusses “organic” today. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024