Dr. Tom Field, Executive Director of Producer Education for NCBA, talked recently to members of Congress during a Beef 101 educational series. Download Audio
More U.S Beef to Chile
The U.S. beef industry is now eligible to ship a larger array of beef and beef products to Chile thanks to months of bilateral meetings between the two governments. Download Audio
FL Commissioner’s Spotlight on Protecting Your Home From Wildfire
This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight has Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam talking about steps to take to protect your home against wildfire. More information is available online at Protecting Your Home and Firewise Communities. Download Audio You can follow Commissioner Putnam on Facebook, www.facebook.com/adamputnam, or Twitter, @adamputnam.
CCD Research
Everett Griner explains how the CCD solution is still being elusive. Download Audio
An Update On Citrus Mentors Meeting And Other Events
Jim Ellis will speak and show off his label collection when the “mature citrus mentors” meet Thursday in Tavares. Other upcoming events noted in this report include the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Horticultural Research Laboratory open house Friday, and the Florida Citrus Growers Institute on Wednesday, April 6. Download Audio
Many Citrus Expo Events Planned For Aug. 17-18
The theme for this year’s Citrus Expo seminars will be “Proactive innovations for a positive future.” Many Citrus Expo events are already planned, including the repeat of last year’s popular stay for steak lunch and casino night fundraiser for Florida FFA. Click the logo above or HERE to go to the Citrus Expo web page to find out more information …
GCA Convention this Week
GCA Executive Vice President Josh White said there will be many events taking place at the 50th annual Georgia Cattlemen’s Association Convention later this week. Download Audio The 50th annual Georgia Cattlemen’s Association Convention and Trade Show will be March 31 – April 2 at the Georgia National Fairgrounds in Perry. To register or for more information go to gabeef.org
Ag in Review for the Week of March 21, 2011
A highlight of agricultural news for this week from around the Southeast. To hear weekly reviews subscribe to our podcast.
Weekly Livestock Market Report
Here are the cattle market numbers for the week ending March 25th 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
FFB Says Veto Overide Good for Producers
This week’s big news from Tallahassee was the legislature’s passage of a veto overide of last year’s General Ag Bill and in the following report Florida Farm Bureau’s Ben Parks explains how that is good for the ag community . Download Audio And you can listen to all of the legislative happenings for this week in this report of the …