Florida Citrus Mutual CEO Mike Sparks confirms industry rumors that a new citrus canker rule will go into effect Thursday. The rule is great news to Florida’s fresh fruit growers and packers, as it re-opens their ability to market fruit in other citrus producing states. Southeast AgNet’s Ernie Neff has the basics in the first report. Sparks discusses the new …
Florida’s Cary Lightsey Sunbelt Farmer of Year
On the first day of the 2009 Sunbelt Ag Expo, during the 20th anniversary of the Swisher/Sweets Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year luncheon, Cary Lightsey of Lake Wales, Florida was presented this year’s award. Lightsey and his family own and operate a 36,000 acre cattle, citrus and hay operation. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage …
Sunbelt Ag Expo Kicks Off with New Technical Seminars
Today is the first day of the 2009 Sunbelt Ag Expo and Executive Director Chip Blalock says that along with their usual full schedule of seminars, demo’s and exhibits they also have a new seminar initiative to prepare producers for next year’s crop. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester …
School Lunch
Everett Griner tells us how the children are to be getting more fruits and veggies. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle IndustryFebruary 20, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Allows Viable Research in the Cattle IndustryFebruary 6, 2026
Aerial Low Volume Sprays for Psyllid Catching On
Indian River Citrus League’s Doug Bournique says the idea of Low Volume Aerial Sprays for citrus psyllid controls have lots of advantages for growers, and he also discusses the idea time windows for these applications in this report. Post sponsor: Copper coverage with Less Metallic Copper per acre. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management …
Citrus Mutual Executive On Crop Marketing Challenges
In this report, Florida Citrus Mutual Executive Mike Sparks notes the importance of the Florida Department of Citrus and the retail sector when it comes to moving orange juice supplies in the pipeline along with the current year’s crop. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Florida Cattle …
El Nino’s Expected Effect on the Southeast
According to the Climate Prediction Center’s 2009 Winter Outlook, El Niño is expected to be a dominant climate factor for December through February winter weather. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle IndustryFebruary 20, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …
FL Using In-Vessel Composting
There are currently projects underway in Florida to show how dairy, poultry and horse farms, can increase their profits by recycling excess biomass through in-vessel composting as Cooper McMillan with the South Dade Soil and Water Conservation District, says this is done by using aerobic digestion. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, …
AL Reminds Producers about EQIP
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama wants to remind producers about the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) as their Resource Conservationist, John Curtis, talks about some of it’s many benefits. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle …
Sunbelt Ag Expo Kicks Off Tomorrow
Setup by the various exhibitors is well underway today at the Sunbelt Ag Expo in Moultrie, Georgia as Gina McDonald, Sunbelt’s Director of Marketing & Public Relations, talks about what’s coming up for the annual event. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers …