This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is about the Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, which provides Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program participants with coupons that can be used to purchase locally grown, fresh Florida fruits and vegetables. More information is available online by clicking on WIC/FMNP. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For …
Fresh Squeezed Tires: Yokohama Uses Citrus Byproduct
An article recently posted on the “Car and Driver” Web site reports that Yokohama has come out some new “orange oil” tires made in part with high-quality citrus oil. Southeast AgNet’s Ernie Neff has the juicy tire news. Download Audio Register Now for the Florida Citrus Industry Annual Conference June 9-11 Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker …
Genetically Modified Crops in EU
What would happen if you gave each country the right to choose? Everett Griner explains. 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 …
Many Citrus Activities In Bonita Springs This Week
Bonita Springs is where most Florida citrus industry activities will take place this week. For starters, Florida Citrus Mutual will host its Citrus Industry Annual Conference there from Wednesday through Friday. The Florida Citrus Commission and the Citrus Research and Development Foundation will hold meetings at the site of the Mutual conference. Southeast AgNet’s Ernie Neff reports. Download Audio Register …
Citrus Geneticist Discusses The Path To HLB Resistance
In the first of these reports, University of Florida cell geneticist Jude Grosser says genetic efforts to produce HLB-resistant trees probably won’t produce results for a decade. But he says in the second report that a scientist could “get lucky” and find a quicker path to disease resistance. In the third report, he addresses the process of getting resistant trees …
Weekly Livestock Market Report
Here are the cattle market numbers for the week ending June 4th 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 …
Vilsack Announces Purchase of Up to $6 Million of Fresh Tomatoes
WASHINGTON, June 4, 2010 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced USDA’s intention to purchase up to $6 million of fresh tomatoes for federal food nutrition assistance programs. “USDA has been carefully monitoring the situation in Florida in order to determinate how we can help growers get through the very difficult situation caused by the freeze earlier this year,” said …
Citrus Expo: Plan Now To Stay For Day Two
Here are just a few reasons you won’t want to miss the second day (Aug. 19) of Citrus Expo 2010: Day-two seminars will include key feature presentations with important information every grower needs to know about controlling the latest threat to Florida’s groves – citrus black spot. This year’s seminar series has been planned as a complete day-and-a-half package. To best benefit …
Citrus Research Panel $2.8 Million Short; Seeks FCC Help
Two recent gubernatorial vetoes of funding legislation have left the Citrus Research and Development Foundation’s budget underfunded. In the first report, foundation chief operating officer Dan Gunter explains the situation and says the foundation will ask the Florida Citrus Commission to make up the funding shortfall. Download Audio In the second report, Gunter says reducing citrus greening research is not …
AL NRCS Updates Rules for CSP
On Thursday USDA announced they had published the final regulations governing the Conservation Stewardship Program and John Curtis, Resource Conservationist with the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama, says there have been a few changes. Download Audio To learn more about CSP click Here Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle …