Final Draft for Crop Insurance & Good Year for GA Peaches

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Field Crops, Florida, Georgia, Peanuts, Specialty Crops

Today Tyron Spearman has more information concerning the new crop insurance agreement along with numbers which show it should be a good year for peaches in Georgia. Insurance: Download Audio Peaches: 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 …

ACA Putting a Face on the Producer

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Beef, Cattle, Livestock

When it comes to getting information to consumers, part of the beef checkoff plan is to put a face on the producer. Reid Blossom with the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association said producers need to tell their good story. Download Audio News post sponsor: AGROTAIN® controls nitrogen loss for higher yields. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role In Applied Beef …

GA Represented on YCC Tour

Randall Weiseman Beef, Cattle, Georgia, Livestock

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association recently held their annual Young Cattlemen’s Conference, and Ashley Hughes with the Georgia Beef Board was one of those in attendance and she said it was quite an experience. Download Audio News post sponsor: AGROTAIN® controls nitrogen loss for higher yields. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role In Applied Beef Cattle ResearchOctober 17, …

“Nutrients for Life” Awards FL FFA for “Helping Communities Grow”

Gary Cooper Florida, General

Nutrients for Life Foundation Announces Winners of the Florida FFA “Helping Communities Grow” Chapter Recognition Program – Bronson, Roosevelt and Eisenhower Chapters Take Top Honors ORLANDO, FL – Nutrients for Life Foundation and Florida FFA announced winners of the “Helping Communities Grow” chapter recognition program today at the 82nd Florida FFA State Convention & Leadership Conference. First place was awarded …

FL’s Putnam: The Race, The Politics, The Oil – “Teachable Moment”

Gary Cooper Citrus, Florida, General

While the Agriculture Commissioner’s race in Florida is not the headliner, the office remains one of the most important in state government and is critical to the state’s agriculture industry. It has oversight responsibilities that touch every Floridian directly in some way. Southeast AgNet caught up with Adam Putnam recently on the campaign trail, not a hard thing to do …

Peace River Citrus Growers Discuss Coordinated Psyllid Sprays

Dan Citrus, Florida

Scientists have long urged growers to work with their neighbors to cooperatively spray for the psyllids that spread citrus greening disease. Many have started such efforts, including some growers in the Peace River Valley area. In these two reports, Peace River Valley Citrus Growers Association Executive Director Barbara Carlton discusses recent meetings in her area intended to encourage more growers …

Renewable Fuels

Dan Agri View, Alabama, Energy, Florida, General, Georgia

There is an industry struggling to survive. Everett Griner explains. 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

Florida Provides for Increased Apalachicola Bay Oyster Production

Gary Cooper Florida, General, Specialty Crops

(TALLAHASSEE/FDACS)– Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson and Chairman Rodney Barreto of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) today announced that both the winter and summer oyster harvesting areas in the Apalachicola Bay System will be opened for harvest seven days per week through August 31, 2010. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays …

Florida Farm Bureau Pleased Rooney Achieves Ag Committee Appt

Gary Cooper Florida

(Fl Farm Bureau – Gainesville, Fla.) – Yesterday, Rep. Tom Rooney (R-16, photo left) was appointed to serve on the House Committee on Agriculture, becoming the only Florida member to serve on that body. “This is great news,” said John L. Hoblick (photo right), president of Florida Farm Bureau Federation. “The Agriculture Committee impacts our industry in so many ways …

More UGA Cuts Expected

Randall Weiseman Field Crops, General, Georgia, Livestock, Specialty Crops

The recent economy has forced The University of Georgia’s College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences to take some deep financial cuts and Tyron Spearman has this report on how more cuts are expected. 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, …