Scientist have been able to sequence and clone a gene believed to confer resistance to the virus in watermelon that seriously affects the commercial production of cucurbit crops worldwide. Sponsored ContentCattle Producers Proud of Efforts Funded Through The Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardMay 29, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funding Crucial For Forage DevelopmentMay 22, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to …
Highlands Citrus Group Focuses on Local Issues
Greening disease is a gigantic concern in Highlands County as it is in other citrus-producing counties; Highlands County Citrus Growers Association Executive Director Ray Royce discusses his growers’ approach to it in the first report. In the following reports, he addresses numerous local issues, including property appraisals and comprehensive plans, as well as funding of citrus research and advertising. Post …
NCBA Working on Tax Issues
Colin Woodall, Vice President of Government Affairs for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, said they are working hard on the issue of taxes which will need to be dealt with when Congress returns next year. Sponsored ContentCattle Producers Proud of Efforts Funded Through The Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardMay 29, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funding Crucial For Forage DevelopmentMay 22, 2026Florida …
Peanut Butter Donations
Today Tyron Spearman looks at how donations of peanut butter made in Georgia have really helped in certain areas. Sponsored ContentCattle Producers Proud of Efforts Funded Through The Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardMay 29, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funding Crucial For Forage DevelopmentMay 22, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance Brahman GeneticsMay 15, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production …
Weather Disasters
More places, more frequency, more costly. Why? Everett Griner explains. Sponsored ContentCattle Producers Proud of Efforts Funded Through The Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardMay 29, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funding Crucial For Forage DevelopmentMay 22, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance Brahman GeneticsMay 15, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026
FFB Depends on their Leaders for Guidance and Implementation
Adam Basford, national affairs coordinator with The Florida Farm Bureau, says the federation is a grassroots organization that relies on its leaders to to assist them in identifying and addressing the concerns of their members. Sponsored ContentCattle Producers Proud of Efforts Funded Through The Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardMay 29, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funding Crucial For Forage DevelopmentMay 22, 2026Florida …
AL Counties Declared Natural Disaster Areas
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated 66 counties in Alabama as primary natural disaster areas due to to excessive rain, flooding and flash flooding that occurred during the period of Jan. 1, 2009, and continuing. Sponsored ContentCattle Producers Proud of Efforts Funded Through The Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardMay 29, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funding Crucial For Forage …
Valent Introduces New INOVATE System for 2010
Chris Meador with Valent U.S.A., says they are excited to introduce their new soybean seed protection combination to allow producers to better manage their crop from an early stage. Sponsored ContentCattle Producers Proud of Efforts Funded Through The Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardMay 29, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funding Crucial For Forage DevelopmentMay 22, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to …
SURE Program Now Available
WASHINGTON – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA has implemented the new Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments program (SURE) in accordance with the 2008 Farm Bill. Vilsack also encouraged producers to visit their USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) county office beginning on January 4, 2010, to participate in the program if they suffered crop production losses during the 2008 …
Golden Ocala Golf & Equestrian Club returning sponsor of the 2010 HITS
OCALA, FL (December 28, 2009)—HITS is proud to announce that the Golden Ocala Golf & Equestrian Club is returning as a sponsor of the HITS Ocala Winter Circuit, set to begin at HITS Post Time Farm, in Ocala, Florida on Wednesday January 20. Sponsored ContentCattle Producers Proud of Efforts Funded Through The Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardMay 29, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …