Growers and industry representatives are gathering at various locations around the state while others prepare to tune in by radio or this website for the Citrus Crop Forecast announcement from USDA at 8:30 this morning. In photo, growers talk about their crops and forecast expectations at the Stallings Crop Insurance breakfast at Ray-Bob Groves barn near Alturas. Test your audio …
Numerous Citrus Growers Show Interest In Biofuel Crops
Citrus growers who’ve lost acreage to greening, canker and freezes were among those attending a September meeting in Sebring about biofuel crops. In this interview, growers Mark and David Wheeler and Charlie Roper say they’re looking for possible crops to grow on vacant land. Download Audio Post sponsor: Copper coverage with Less Metallic Copper per acre. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Industry …
Bacon Bits
Everett Griner looks at the question on why we are eating less bacon. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Industry Supports Administration of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 9, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to Cattle Producers in FloridaDecember 12, 2025Commitment From Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Members Seeks To Move …
NRCS Extends Sign-up Period for Conservation Stewardship Program
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7, 2010 – Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Chief Dave White today announced the ranking period cut-off date for producer applications in NRCS’ Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) has been extended to January 7, 2011. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Industry Supports Administration of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 9, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida Cattle …
Fewer Peanuts on Loan
The number of peanuts in the loan from last year’s crop is about gone, as Tyron Spearman looks at the figures. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Industry Supports Administration of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 9, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to Cattle Producers in FloridaDecember 12, 2025Commitment From …
New Study Shows Benefits of Bt Corn to Farmers
WASHINGTON, October 7, 2010 — A group of agricultural scientists reported in today’s issue of the journal Science that corn that has been genetically engineered to produce insect-killing proteins isolated from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) provides significant economic benefits even to neighboring farmers who grow non-transgenic varieties of corn. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Industry Supports Administration of Florida Cattle …
Bill Gillon Named Cotton Board CEO
(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) – The Cotton Board is pleased to announce William A. “Bill” Gillon as its new President and CEO. Cotton Board Chairman Craig Shook, a producer from Corpus Christi, Texas, stated “Bill brings an outstanding record of achievement and service within the cotton industry to the Cotton Board. He is respected throughout agriculture as well as the U.S. Department …
Trade Issue Updates
There is some news on the trade front as the following report has updates on the first U.S. chicken shipment to Russia and the trucking dispute with Mexico. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Industry Supports Administration of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 9, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to …
Developments on Everglades Restoration Efforts
The South Florida Water Management District has announced that it will not be able to comply with proposed deadlines and standards to lower phosphorus levels in the Everglades. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Industry Supports Administration of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 9, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to …
Retail Food Prices Down Just a Bit in Third Quarter
The latest American Farm Bureau Federation Marketbasket Survey shows a slight dip in retail food prices during the third quarter of 2010. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Industry Supports Administration of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 9, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to Cattle Producers in FloridaDecember 12, 2025Commitment …