Efforts to renew several expiring immigrant visa programs and a worker eligibility verification tool are well under way. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Industry Supports Administration of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 9, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to Cattle Producers in FloridaDecember 12, 2025Commitment From Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Members …
Denial of Pesticide Rehearing will Affect Cotton Producers
The courts have denied the request for a rehearing on a pesticide rule they invalidated back in January and Keith Menchey, manager of science and environmental issues for the National Cotton Council, says the change in the 2006 EPA rule will affect cotton production. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Industry Supports Administration of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 9, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …
No Payment Limitations
In 2009, loans and LDP’s will no longer be subject to a payment limitation, as Tyron Spearman has the details. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Industry Supports Administration of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 9, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to Cattle Producers in FloridaDecember 12, 2025Commitment From Florida Cattle Enhancement …
Cattle on Feed Placements Up
The latest U.S. Cattle on Feed numbers show a two percent drop in on feed numbers from this time last year, but the bigger news is the fact placements were actually up thirteen percent in July. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Industry Supports Administration of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 9, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida Cattle …
FL Swine Flu Name Costly to Pork Industry
Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson is asking public health officials, academics and the media to refrain from calling the current H1N1 influenza pandemic “swine flu” as the characterization is both inaccurate and contributing to the collapse of the pork industry throughout North America. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Industry Supports Administration of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 9, 2026Florida …
Beef and Pork Production Estimated Down
Total US meat production is expected to be down slightly next year, due in part to expected drops in beef and pork. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Industry Supports Administration of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 9, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to Cattle Producers in FloridaDecember 12, 2025Commitment From Florida …
Commerce Dept. Will Not Add Citrovita to Citrus Dumping Order
The U.S. Commerce Department says it doesn’t have authority to add Brazilian citrus processor Citrovita to an existing 2006 anti-dumping order against several other Brazilian processors. Florida Citrus Mutual, which filed complaints against Citrovita, is contemplating its next move Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Industry Supports Administration of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 9, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember …
Educational Programs Target Fresh Citrus Industry
Those involved in Florida’s fresh fruit industry are the target audience for 2 educational events this week – Packinghouse Day Thursday at Lake Alfred, and Indian River Postharvest Workshop Friday at Fort Pierce. Southeast AgNet’s Ernie Neff provides the basics in this report. Post sponsor: Copper coverage with Less Metallic Copper per acre. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Industry Supports Administration of …
Citrus Expo Speaker Tackles Industry Economics
In the accompanying reports, University of Florida economist Allen Morris, who spoke at Citrus Expo, discusses huge production cost increases for growers, the break-even price for juice oranges, the impact of retail OJ prices on grower returns, and the need to fund both research and marketing efforts. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Industry Supports Administration of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 9, 2026Florida …
FL Commissioner’s Spotlight on the Emerald Ash Borer
This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is warning about the potential threat to Florida’s ash trees from an insect called the emerald ash borer. The half-inch metallic green beetle has already killed millions of ash trees in eleven Midwestern and Mid-Atlantic states … as far south as Missouri, Virginia — and most recently — Kentucky. More …