Continuing his canning and preserving series, Everett Griner tells us about the Fig tree now being an endangered species. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists …
Citrus Group Reacts To Action On Numeric Nutrient Criteria
The U.S. House of Representatives last weekend acted to halt EPA implementation of Numeric Nutrient Criteria in Florida. In the first report, Florida Citrus Mutual CEO Mike Sparks gives Florida Congressman Tom Rooney credit for leading the effort in the House. In the second report, Sparks points out that similar Senate action is needed to stop the criteria that Florida …
USDA Efforts to Address Unnecessary Regulatory Burdens
With the Environmental Protection Agency poised to implement more redundant and burdensome rules and regulations, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack recently answered questions on what USDA is doing to help relieve farmers and ranchers of some of these burdens. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data …
Fresh Veggie Prices Soar Due to Widespread Weather Issues
The inclement weather conditions that have plagued veggie growing regions both here in the U.S. and in Mexico has created a perfect storm for markets. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance …
Cattle on Feed Up 6 Percent
USDA’s recent cattle on feed report shows placements in January were a bit more than the average analyst estimates due mostly from the increase of lighter weight cattle. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical …
CRP Signup Starts in March
Today Tyron Spearman reminds landowners about the Conservation Reserve Program signup that starts March 14th. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle …
“Liking” National Food Checkout Week
In Celebration of Food Checkout Week the American Farm Bureau Federation will donate one dollar to the Ronald McDonald House of Roanoke in Virginia for every person who “likes” the National Food Checkout Week facebook page, up to thirty five hundred dollars. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to …
Winter Haven Citrus Firm Recognized by USDA
WINTER HAVEN, Fla., Feb. 18, 2011 – Officials with the United States Department of Agriculture toured the operations of William G. Roe & Sons today to see how a government-backed loan helped the fourth-generation, family-owned citrus business retain nearly 300 jobs, increase its employee count by about 50 full-time equivalents and invest approximately $3 million in equipment. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle …
Foliar Nutrition And HLB: Citrus Scientists Learning More
In these reports, University of Florida researcher Bob Rouse discusses new clues to how foliar nutritional sprays may keep HLB-infected trees productive, tells why psyllid control is still needed, and addresses the importance of learning which element of nutritional sprays does the work. Download Audio Download Audio Download Audio Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, …
Abandoned Citrus Groves Harbor Psyllids, Study Confirms
A University of Florida study confirms suspicions that HLB-transmitting Asian citrus psyllids survive in abandoned groves and often travel to commercial groves nearby, bringing along the disease-causing bacterium. Download Audio Post sponsor: Copper coverage with Less Metallic Copper per acre. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For …