Resigning COO Gunter Discusses State Of Citrus Research Panel

Dan Citrus, Florida

Dan Gunter in this interview tells where he’s going after resigning as chief operating officer of the Citrus Research and Development Foundation effective April 8, and discusses the state of the foundation. Download Audio Post sponsor: Copper coverage with Less Metallic Copper per acre. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New …

Vilsack Talks Trade Progress

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Florida, General, Georgia

During last weeks Commodity Classic, Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, discussed both the Mexican Trucking Dispute and the Korean Free Trade Agreement. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Weather Experts Predicting Warm and Dry Growing Season

Randall Weiseman Florida, Weather

Florida is already in a moderate to severe drought situation and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey warns that it could get worse with a very real possibility of it lasting through the growing season. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

The Purpose of USDA Climate Change Grants

Randall Weiseman Florida, Forestry

We previously reported on a five-year, $20 million federal grant to better study the role pine stands can play in climate change. And Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Catherine Woteki, explains what they hope to accomplish through this and other similar studies. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers …

Potato Council Disagrees with Proposed School Lunch Changes

Randall Weiseman Florida, Specialty Crops, Vegetables

USDA’s proposed rule to change nutrition standards in the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs limits the amount of starchy vegetables to one cup per week per student. Download Audio Producers are encouraged to submit comments on the rule by April 13, 2011. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober …

The History of Frozen Foods

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Florida, General, Georgia

March is National Frozen Food Month and what better way to celebrate than to look at the history behind the technology that many consumers rely on for their evening dinner plans. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Share Your Seminar Ideas

Tacy Callies Citrus, Citrus Expo News, Florida

Growers, we want to hear from you! Tell us what topics you’d like to learn more about at the 2011 Citrus Expo seminars, to be held Aug. 17-18, 2011 at the Lee Civic Center in Fort Myers. Our seminar planning committee, consisting of University of Florida faculty and various citrus industry leaders, seriously considers all suggestions. Growers who send in …

Time Nearing to De-Worm Cattle Herds

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

According to Dr. Harold Newcomb, Technical Service Specialist with Intervet Schering-Plough Animal Health, cattle producers in the Southeast need to be strategically de-worming their herds about six weeks into springtime. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024