Florida Schools to Receive Grants for New Meal Requirements

Randall Weiseman Florida, General

Florida is one of 18 states to receive funding from grants provided by USDA of nearly 5.2-million dollars to help them serve healthy food, provide nutrition education and create an environment focused on healthy eating and physical activity. Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan said Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New …

Citrus Department Head Discusses Marketing, Sustainability

Ernie Neff Citrus, Florida

The Florida Department of Citrus’s (FDOC) shopper marketing program, industry sustainability and the coming season’s FDOC marketing program are addressed by FDOC Executive Director Doug Ackerman. Download Audio THANK YOU to our LIVE Citrus Crop Forecast Coverage Sponsors! Got Labor? Need Labor? Phone toll free 1-877-758-5035 Click here to contact Labor Solutions TODAY! and Rural America’s customer-owned lending partner. Phone …

CRDF’s Browning on $9 Million Citrus Research Grant

Ernie Neff Citrus, Florida

Citrus Research and Development Foundation Chief Operating Officer Harold Browning answers questions about the USDA grant that will fund research seeking a way to block the ability of psyllids to infect healthy trees. Download Audio THANK YOU to our LIVE Citrus Crop Forecast Coverage Sponsors! Got Labor? Need Labor? Phone toll free 1-877-758-5035 Click here to contact Labor Solutions TODAY! …

Charged Cotton Finding Success in the Marketplace

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cotton, Florida, Georgia

Mark Messura with Cotton Incorporated says Under Armour’s Charged Cotton is just one example of some of the successes the Cotton Research and Promotion Program has had in commercial adoption of cotton technologies. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Citrus Research Foundation to Get $9 Million USDA Grant

Ernie Neff Citrus, Florida

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Monday announced a $9 million research grant to the Citrus Research and Development Foundation to support fighting citrus greening, or HLB. The following report is from Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack, Florida Senator Bill Nelson and Mike Sparks with Citrus Mutual discussing the importance of the research grant and the overall Specialty Crop Block Grant Program. …

Fuels for America Campaign

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Energy, Florida, General, Georgia

A diverse group of renewable fuel producers and stakeholders have joined to launch the Fuels for America campaign to defend the Renewable Fuel Standard. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Improved SuperTracker

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Florida, General, Georgia

Users of USDA’s SuperTracker can now set personal calorie goals based on targets prescribed by their nutritionists, dieticians and health care providers. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Rain Slows Peanut Harvest

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

Peanuts were rolling in until the rains this weekend slowed things down as Tyron Spearman looks at that along with other news from the peanut industry rght now. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

CBB CEO Ruhland named 2013 Eisenhower USA Fellow

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Beef, Cattle, Dairy, Florida, General, Georgia, Livestock

Here’s a release from the Cattlemen’s Beef Board: On Sept. 27, General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret), Chairman of Eisenhower Fellowships, announced that the organization will send eight U.S. citizens abroad in 2013 as Eisenhower USA Fellows. Among the eight selected Fellows is Polly Ruhland, Chief Executive Officer of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board (CBB), based in Centennial, Colo. CBB was …