The Florida Automated Weather Network (FAWN) is now offering text message temperature alerts, allowing growers to receive the alerts on their cell phones. FAWN Director Rick Lusher reports. Download Audio News post sponsor: Got Labor? Need Labor? Phone toll free 1-877-758-5035 Click here to contact Labor Solutions TODAY! Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, …
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Everett Griner reports that the California almonds are setting yield records. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026
Citrus Harvest Council May Get New Sponsoring Organization
The Citrus Harvesting Research Advisory Council, long funded by the Florida Citrus Commission, will ask a committee of the Citrus Research and Development Foundation to consider if the foundation should become the council’s new sponsor. The council also elected a new chairman and saw some of the research intended to make mechanical harvesting more feasible and widely used in Florida …
Consumers Should Wash Fruits and Veggies in Water
Many consumers have turned to fruit and vegetable washes as a preventative measure from food borne pathogens, but new research suggest that consumers are actually better off sticking with just plain old tap water. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida …
GA Peanut Producers Can Learn More About Investment at Joint Field Day
Georgia peanut growers are invited to attend the Georgia Peanut Commission’s and Georgia Cotton Commission’s Joint Field Day on Wednesday, September 12, 2012, in Tifton. The GA Peanut Commission’s Joy Crosby says the event provides a great opportunity for growers to learn more about where their dollars are going. Download Audio Growers can confirm their attendance by contacting Sara Cates …
NRCS Longleaf Pine Restoration Efforts Continue with New Grant
The process of reviving the Longleaf Pine ecosystem here in the southeast got a boost recently thanks to a Longleaf Stewardship Fund Grant. Leonard Jordan with the Natural Resources Conservation Service gives us the details. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, …
Suspension Agreement a Hot Topic at Annual Tomato Conference
The 37th annual Florida Joint Tomato Conference is being held in Naples this week where the current effort by Florida Tomato growers to suspend the suspension agreement with Mexico is the hot topic of discussion. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, …
Louisiana Sugarcane Crop Damaged By Isaac
It seems that Hurricane Isaac brought nothing but beneficial rains to many of our producers, but unfortunately that is not the case for the sugarcane growers in Louisiana. USDA’s Gary Crawford has the report. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida …
16th Annual IFAS-CALS TailGATOR to be Held on Oct 20
Gainesville, Fla. – Alumni and friends of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences are invited to celebrate 150 years of the land-grant institution at TailGATOR on Oct. 20. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity …
NPB to Continue Peanut Promotion & No Change in Peanut Price
The newly approved budget for the National Peanut Board includes continuation of a promotional program as Tyron Spearman has those details along with this week’s peanut posted price. Promotion: Download Audio Price: Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …