By MICHAEL PELTIER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, August 16, 2011……..Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday defended legislative actions that prompted a leading rating agency to downgrade the credit rating of the South Florida Water Management District, Sponsored ContentStrong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For …
Florida State FFA Officers Working at Citrus Expo
Again this year we would like to thank members of the Florida FFA Association State Officer team for helping out here at Citrus Expo. I was able to talk with State President Charlie Brown about their experience in working here at Expo this year. Download Audio Sponsored ContentStrong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida …
Federation of State Beef Councils Provides Funding
The Federation of State Beef Councils Directors voted recently to distribute dollars to be be used for funding considered by the Beef Promotion Operating Committee, as Federation Division Chairman David Dick also talks about approving more than 198-thousand dollars in spending for projects through the Federation Initiative fund. Download Audio Sponsored ContentStrong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …
Steak for Lunch at Citrus Expo
Lunch is being served here at day 2 of Citrus Expo as it’s steak day and folks are lined up to enjoy a great meal, prepared once again by Buddy Sullivan who is outside with his helpers preparing steaks for today’s meal. If you are close by there is still plenty of time to stop by the Lee Civic Center …
The Comeback of Honey Wine
Consumers are raising their glasses to an old sweet favorite, Mead or otherwise known as honey wine. Download Audio Sponsored ContentStrong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy Farmers of …
Syngenta has Portfolio Information for Growers at Citrus Expo
It’s another great crowd at the 20th anniversary of Citrus Expo here in Ft. Myers as folks are taking in both the seminars and trade show. And one booth growers have been stopping by is Syngenta, as their Agronomic Service Rep John Taylor told me they have a portfolio to fit growers needs. Download Audio Sponsored ContentStrong Relationship Exists Between …
Citrus Industry eNews: Special Report from Citrus Expo
If you would like to receive the eNews version directly via e-mail, please subscribe here. SPECIAL REPORT FROM CITRUS EXPO If you weren’t at the first day of Citrus Expo, here’s what you missed: Sponsored ContentStrong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, …
Digging Deeper into H-2A
The federal guest worker program H-2A has become a topic of great interest to Florida citrus growers who faced labor shortages last season. Two of the Citrus Expo seminar speakers on Wednesday discussed H-2A. Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association’s Labor Relations Director, Mike Carlton, explained the steps necessary to use the H-2A program. He also informed the crowd of several …
Clean Out those Peanut Trailers & Various Peanut Awards Given
As harvest nears, reminders are going out to make sure peanut trailers have been cleaned out and are ready as Tyron Spearman has that information along with the names of recent winners of various peanut awards. Download Audio Download Audio Sponsored ContentStrong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For …
AgraQuest Invites Growers to Citrus Expo
Day two of the 2011 Citrus Expo gets underway this morning as registration opens at 7:30 with the trade show starting at 8:00. And one booth you’ll want to stop by is AgraQuest where you can get information about their product Serenade. I was able to talk with Sarah Reiter, their Director of Global Marketing, about what this product will …