FL Commissioner’s Spotlight on 25 x ’25 State Alliance

Randall Weiseman Energy, FL Commissioner Report, Florida

This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is about the Florida 25 X ’25 State Alliance, a new coalition dedicated to ensuring that 25 percent of the nation’s energy production is derived from renewable resources by 2025. More information about the state alliance is available at Florida 25 X ‘25. Information about the national organization is available …

Citrus Hall of Fame 2009 Adds Four

Gary Cooper Citrus, Florida, General

LAKELAND – Four men famous for their advocacy on behalf of the Florida citrus industry were inducted Friday into the Florida Citrus Hall of Fame. “He never hesitated to bump heads when it was in the interest of the grower,”

FL Cattlemen Beef on the Hill Day

Randall Weiseman Cattle, Florida

For the past ten years, members of the Florida Cattlemen’s Association have been in Tallahassee the second week of March for their legislative quarterly meeting and as Sam Ard describes, also their beef on the hill day.

Never a Shortage of Peanut Diseases

Randall Weiseman Georgia, Peanuts

No matter what you may plant this year, if it involves peanuts, University of Georgia Extension Plant Pathologist Dr. Bob Kimmerait says there is never a shortage of diseases to worry about.