Microwave Cooking

Randall Weiseman General

You may feel like you have spent more than your fair share in the kitchen slaving over the stove to get ready for the big Christmas dinner. Well now that the goose is cooked, try an easier way of food preparation, the microwave! USDA Food Safety Expert, Diane Van gives us a few tips to ensure proper cooking.

Economics of Citrus Psyllid & HLB Control In FL Citrus Groves

Gary Cooper Citrus, Florida

HLB Conference Coverage Sponsored by: In this feature, comments from University of Florida ag economist Allen Morris, speaking to us at the recent International Research Conference on Huanglongbing (HLB). Morris talks about the economics of citrus psyllid and HLB control measures being implemented as growers try to contain HLB spread while also working to make ends meet financially.

HLB “Citrus Greening” Worries Costa Rica’s Citrus Growers

Gary Cooper Citrus, Florida, General, International

In this follow up report from the recent International Research Conference on Huanglongbing, (HLB), also known as ‘citrus greening disease”, Southeast AgNet’s Ernie Neff catches up with Donovan Brown (photo right), who for several years now has lived and worked in Costa Rica in the citrus production business. Discussing heavy infestations of citrus psyllids in Costa Rica’s citrus groves, Brown …

Cost of Christmas

Randall Weiseman General

Not only do we spend time with our families and exchange gifts to the ones we love during the Christmas season, we also expect to be fed and fed very well. So how much is all that festive fellowship going to cost us this year. Agriculture Department Food Price Analyst Ephriam Leibtag says don’t expect to be able to scrooge …

Cotton and Peanut Dollars at Work for Research

Randall Weiseman Cotton, Georgia, Peanuts

While the peanut and cotton crop in Georgia was considered very good overall this year, University of Georgia Extension Peanut Agronomist John Beasley said it wasn’t without a few problems and they couldn’t address those without the assistance of the Georgia Cotton Commission and Georgia Peanut Commission.

Wholesale U.S. Fertilizer Prices Start To Fall

Randall Weiseman General

After increasing for six consecutive years, U.S. fertilizer prices are finally beginning to fall at the wholesale level, according to a report by the American Farm Bureau Federation.