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Poor choices hurt California farmers. Everett Griner explains. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Resources To Researchers For Applied ResearchJune 12, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Encourages Research into Producers QuestionsJune 5, 2026

Web-Based Payment Calculator Available

USDA has unveiled a web-based 2008 crop program payment calculator to help producers calculate the financial benefits they may receive under the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments program. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides …

Researchers Studying Rusts in Sugarcane

Florida sugarcane growers have been dealing with orange rust since 2007, resulting in an estimated cost of 40-million dollars annually. So researchers are continuing to study the issue by learning the DNA of samples from around the world. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of …

Official First Day for ALFA Executive Director

Alabama Farmers Federation’s new executive director, Paul Pinyan is now officially on the job and says he is looking forward to continuing the tradition of being the voice of agriculture in Alabama. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, …

Roasting Increases Antioxidants

Nuts are often a staple for those trying to eat healthy and a new study shows that one of the more popular ways of eating them, roasted, can increase nutritional benefits. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026Florida …

President Dedicating Cap-and-Trade Dollars

Cap and Trade has once again remerged as a headline as President Obama’s fiscal 2011 budget will project hundreds of billions of dollars in new federal revenue from a proposed comprehensive cap-and-trade climate law. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through …

New Federal Water Regulations Could Risk Urban Floods

Special districts warn EPA rules mean higher taxes, eminent domain and less effective South Florida canals TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida Association of Special Districts warned today that the new water regulations for Florida proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency would severely weaken the flood protection provided by Florida’s water control and improvement districts, especially in the South Florida …

FL Commissioner’s Spotlight on the Ag Woman of the Year

This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is about Marcia Lightsey of Lake Wales being honored as “Woman of the Year in Agriculture” during the opening-day luncheon at the Florida State Fair in Tampa on February 4th. More information about Mrs. Lightsey is available online by clicking on Ag Woman. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board …

Southeast Well Represented at Cattle Convention

Nearly 6,000 people were in San Antonio, Texas last week for the 2010 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show, as the Southeast states were well represented. Below are individual reports for our three states of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. Dr. Billy Powell with the Alabama Cattlemen’s Assocation: Download Audio Jim Handley with the Florida Cattlemen’s Assocation: Download Audio Josh …

Give a Cow

There is a new concept in helping people and Everett Griner tells us about it. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Resources To Researchers For Applied ResearchJune 12, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Encourages …