Florida ranks first in the nation for sod production, but Bryan Unruh, professor of turf grass science at the University of Florida, says this specialty crop sector has faced numerous challenges in the last few years. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role In Applied Beef Cattle ResearchOctober 17, 2025FCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term …
Possible Regulatory Overreach being Examined in House
Incoming chair of the House oversight and government reform panel, Darrell Issa, is asking various organizations for examples of regulatory “overreach” by the Obama administration. And American Farm Bureau’s Paul Schlagle says their list of concerns will be a long one. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role In Applied Beef Cattle ResearchOctober 17, 2025FCEB Recurring Funding …
FBC Pleased with Year for Beef Checkoff
Chairman of the Florida Beef Council, George Kempfer, said he feels the beef checkoff did another great job this year despite the fact they had fewer dollars to work with. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role In Applied Beef Cattle ResearchOctober 17, 2025FCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement …
GBB Looking Forward to New Year
Ashley Hughes with the Georgia Beef Board said they are looking forward to working with the various programs they have lined up to get the beef message out to consumers in 2011. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role In Applied Beef Cattle ResearchOctober 17, 2025FCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida …
ACA Pleased with 2010 and Look Forward to 2011
Dr. Billy Powell with the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association said overall 2010 was a pretty good year and they are going to be quite optimistic about 2011. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role In Applied Beef Cattle ResearchOctober 17, 2025FCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober …
Steady Peanut Posted Price & SE Fruit and Veggie Conf Coming Up
Again there was no change to this week’s peanut posted price as Tyron Spearman has that information along with a reminder about an event coming up later next week that many growers in the Southeast may want to attend. Posted Price: Download Audio Conference: Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role In Applied Beef Cattle ResearchOctober 17, …
Extended Trucking Reg Easing Aids Citrus Industry Post-Freeze
The citrus industry’s post-freeze salvage operations will be boosted by extension of an order easing state trucking restrictions. Download Audio Post sponsor: Copper coverage with Less Metallic Copper per acre. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role In Applied Beef Cattle ResearchOctober 17, 2025FCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances …
FL Extends Emergency Order to Transport Freeze-Vulnerable Crops
TALLAHASSEE — Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson today announced that the Executive Order relaxing trucking restrictions so that farmers can transport freeze-vulnerable crops has been extended. The order, which was set to expire on December 31, has been extended for an additional seven days. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role In Applied Beef Cattle …
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Everett Griner looks at how it is for families to sustain the family farm. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role In Applied Beef Cattle ResearchOctober 17, 2025FCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025
Cold Snap Causes Little Added Damage to Already Hit Crops
By MICHAEL PELTIER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, Dec. 29, 2010 Temperatures dropped to near freezing Wednesday morning in Florida’s citrus belt but didn’t get low enough to do substantial additional damage to an agricultural industry that took at least a $273 million hit from freezes earlier in December. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role …