The produce industry has quickly reacted to a study naming a number of fresh fruits and veggies on a list of the most dangerous foods. 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
Pork Checkoff Recommending Flu Vaccinations
The Pork Checkoff is advising producers, farm personnel and others who have contact with pigs to get the regular seasonal flu vaccination as soon as possible. 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
Food Deserts
Deputy Agriculture Secretary Kathleen Merrigan is working on ways to get more healthy food options in areas of so-called food deserts. 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
Low Citrus Forecast Likely Good For Nurserymen, Too
Phil Rucks of Phillip Rucks Citrus Nursery says last week’s unexpectedly low orange crop forecast of 136 million boxes means higher fruit prices, hopefully giving growers more money to spend on new trees. He also points out that growers get higher production over time by replacing non-productive trees. Sponsoring this report: Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role In …
FL Commissioners Spotlight on Additives Banned in FL Honey
This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is about the first regulation in the nation prohibiting any additives, chemicals or adulterants in honey that is produced, processed or sold in Florida. More information is available online by clicking on Florida Honey Standard of Identity. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role In Applied Beef Cattle ResearchOctober …
Medfly Protection Expands to Broward County
FDACS – TALLAHASSEE — Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles H. Bronson today announced that Florida has added more troops to its defense against the Mediterranean fruit fly with sterile fly releases over an expanded area of South Florida. The additional release area in Broward County is a proactive measure to expand the coverage of the program with no additional cost. This …
Truth or Imagination
Today Everett Griner looks at just what statistics really proves. 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
Ag in Review for the Week of October 5, 2009
A highlight of agricultural news for this week from around the Southeast. To hear weekly reviews subscribe to our podcast . 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
Weekly Livestock Market Report
Here are the cattle market numbers for the week ending October 9th put together by the livestock market news service for the states of Alabama, Florida and Georgia. AL: FL: GA: 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 …
Florida Citrus Forecast Not So Sour
THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA – By MICHAEL PELTIER – THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, Oct. 9, 2009…Florida’s citrus crop is down but has so far weathered the latest bacterial scare better than expected, state agricultural officials announced Friday following the release of a much awaited federal crop forecast. The current year crop of oranges, grapefruit and other specialty fruit is expected …