The beef checkoff put together a series of protein webinars to educate health professionals across the country, as the first one took place last October in conjunction with the Florida Beef Council who is busy preparing for another coming up next week.
Slow Start to Peanut Planting & GA Reaffirms Peanut Commission
Today Tyron Spearman updates not only the weekly posted price but also peanut planting progress, plus has the numbers from the recent Georgia referendum. Peanut planting: GA Referendum:
Latest on Flu Outbreak
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack agrees with the World Organization of Animal Health saying that the recent flu outbreak is misnamed and contributing to confusion and misinformation.
Solutions for Climate Change
The Environmental Protection Agency held an endangerment finding last week to take the first step in regulating Green House Gases. But Dennis Nuxoll, Director of Governmental Relations for American Farmland Trust believes a cap and trade system would be a better alternative to managing the Climate Change issue.
U S Sugar Employee Lawsuit Dismissed With One Exception
CLEWISTON – April 28, 2009 – U.S. Sugar Corporation announced today that a federal judge has dismissed all of the plaintiffs’ claims in 12 of the 13 counts in a lawsuit against the company, its executives and board of directors and dismissed all of the claims of 5 of the 6 plaintiffs in the sole remaining count.
G.M.O. vs. Organic
How both can survive. Everett Griner tells us just why we need both.
POLO HORSES LIKELY DIED FROM SELENIUM OVERDOSE
The Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Sciences released this information today: TALLAHASSEE — Florida State Veterinarian Thomas J. Holt today reported that an overdose of selenium was the probable cause of death of the 21 polo horses that collapsed prior to a competition in Wellington on April 19. In a memorandum to Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles …
EWP Program Assist City of Melbourne
The City of Melbourne received over 24 inches of rain last summer from Tropical Storm Fay creating flooding and erosion concerns to one of the main canal systems. Jenni Lamb, Melbourne’s City Engineer, says Florida NRCS stepped in through their Emergency Watershed Protection Program to assist with repairs.
Expecting a Positive Cotton Season
The Executive Director of the Georgia Cotton Commission, Richey Seaton gives an update on where Georgia cotton farmers are pertaining to planting and market frustrations.
4-H Recieves Gift to Expand Science and Technology Programs
In this three part series we will take close look at 4-H and their current strides in expanding the science and technology sector of their programs.