Truck and Tractor Pulling is back in Tifton! The Spring Tifton Truck and Tractor Pull rolls into town on Friday and Saturday, April 15 and 16 at the American Legion Fairgrounds. Sponsored by the Lucas Oil Pro Pulling League and the Southern Pullers Association, truck and tractor pullers from all across the Southeast will compete for Southern Pullers Association Championship …
FL Commissioner’s Spotlight on Healthy Schools for Healthy Lives
This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight has Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam talking about about proposed legislation that would move school food and nutrition programs to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. More information is available online by clicking on Healthy Schools for Healthy Lives Act. To find out what others are saying about the proposed legislation, click on What …
Citrus ‘Old Timers’ Learn Label History, Share Their Stories
More than 50 ‘mature citrus mentors,’ or ‘old timers,’ gathered for an annual luncheon in Tavares last week. The first report offers an overview of the gathering. In the following reports, meeting speaker Jim Ellis briefly recounts the history of citrus labels and shares some of his earliest citrus memories. Southeast AgNet interviewed several other mature citrus mentors at the …
La Niña
Everett Griner explains how climatologists are seeing changes coming soon. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida 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 Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, …
Asian Citrus Psyllid Genome Poster Available Online
USDA scientists have recently finished sequencing a draft of the Asian citrus psyllid genome. See a poster about the psyllid genome here. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida 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 Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, …
Weekly Livestock Market Report
Here are the cattle market numbers for the week ending April 1st 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 Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research …
Time Running Short to Speak out Against GA Immigration Reform
With only three days left in the 2011 legislative session, Bryan Tolar President of the Georgia Agri-business council says time is getting short for producers to speak out against the proposed immigration reform. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, …
Evaluating the FL Legislative Session at its Midpoint
The Florida Legislative Session is at its midway point and House Ag Policy Chair, Steve Crisafulli updates us on the progress so far and what to expect for the remainder of the session. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, …
The Desire for Water Security Equates to a Need for Water Policy
A lot has been discussed recently about the need for water security and Marlon Cook, director of ground water assessment programs for the Geological Survey of Alabama, explains what it means and how we achieve it. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark …
Tackling the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug attacks a wide array of crops from corn and soybeans to fruits and veggies and USDA research entomologist Tracy Leskey says the USDA is putting in over a million dollars into finding ways for growers to control the invasive pest. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril …