News post sponsor: Got Labor? Need Labor? Phone toll free 1-877-758-5035 Click here to contact Labor Solutions TODAY! George Hamner Jr., president of Indian River Exchange Packers, discusses the challenges and opportunities facing Indian River area growers and packers in the first report. In the second, he explains how the Indian River industry is coping with storms and diseases that …
Greener Grass
Like other areas of agriculture, the turf industry is in a slump. Everett Griner tells us why. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Senator Shares Origins of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardNovember 14, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 8, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Critical Role To Extend ResearchNovember 7, 2025
Putnam to Speak to Florida Cattlemen’s Convention This Week
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam is scheduled to speak to the Florida Cattlemen’s Association’s annual convention, which includes a bull auction, a banquet with guest speaker Baxter Black, the cowboy poet, and Sponsored ContentFlorida Senator Shares Origins of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardNovember 14, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 8, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Critical Role To Extend ResearchNovember 7, 2025
Ag in Review for the Week of June 11, 2012
A highlight of agricultural news for this week from around the Southeast. To hear weekly reviews subscribe to our podcast. Sponsored ContentFlorida Senator Shares Origins of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardNovember 14, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 8, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Critical Role To Extend ResearchNovember 7, 2025
Weekly Livestock Market Report
Here are the cattle market numbers for the week ending June 15th put together by the livestock market news service for the states of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. AL: Download Audio FL: Download Audio GA: Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Senator Shares Origins of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardNovember 14, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 8, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Critical Role …
4th Annual Florida Small Farms Conference Coming Up in July
Gainesville, FL, January 22, 2012: The University of Florida’s (UF) Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) and Florida A&M University’s (FAMU) Small Farms and Alternative Enterprises Focus Team are pleased to announce that the fourth annual Florida Small Farms and Alternative Enterprises Conference will be held in Kissimmee, Florida July 27-29. Sponsored ContentFlorida Senator Shares Origins of Florida Cattle …
USDA Dep. Sec. Merrigan in Orlando
Agriculture Deputy Secretary Merrigan in Orlando to Highlight MyPlate Anniversary and Obama Administration Efforts to Spur Healthy Food Access USDA, Partners Educate Shoppers at Orlando Caribbean Grocery on Healthy Food Choices ORLANDO, Fla., June 15, 2012 — Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan today joined local officials, parents, children and partners to celebrate the first anniversary of the MyPlate food icon …
Some Farm Bill Amendments Pertinent to Southeastern Growers
As the Farm Bill continues to inch itself through the Senate, there are a few amendments that have been introduced that are pertinent to our growers here in the Southeast. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Senator Shares Origins of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardNovember 14, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 8, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Critical Role To Extend ResearchNovember 7, 2025
EPA Proposes Dust Standard
Release from the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association: WASHINGTON (June 15, 2012) – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today, June 15, 2012, proposed its long awaited dust standard that sparked controversy within the agricultural community. The controversy arose when EPA staff announced the administrator would be “justified” in doubling the stringency of the current, so-called dust standard, officially known as the …
The Cost of Raising a Child
USDA has released their annual report on Expenditures on Children by Families, finding that a middle-income family with a child born in 2011 can expect to spend about $235 thousand for food, shelter, and other necessities to raise that child over the next 17 years. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Senator Shares Origins of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardNovember 14, 2025CIR Agriculture …