Blue to Green Campaign Sets World Record

The Guinness World Record for the world’s largest collection of clothes to recycle has been set by the Cotton From Blue to Green Denim Drive. 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, …

Mexico’s Retaliatory Tariffs Hurting Specialty Crops

Tariffs that were imposed by Mexico back in March are having a negative impact on U.S. agriculture, especially Specialty Crops. 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 …

Citrus Economics on the Agenda at Citrus Expo

Citrus Expo seminars Aug. 19-20 will focus on ways growers can deal with citrus greening and other challenges in the grove but will also address other important topics, including the economics of the citrus business. In the first report, Southeast AgNet’s Ernie Neff gives an overview of the scheduled economics presentations. In the second, Allen Morris previews his talk about …

Possible Funding to Help Eradicate TB

Last week the U.S. Senate passed an amendment to provide relief for cattle producers working to eradicate TB from their herds. NCBA Executive Director of Legislative Affairs, Colin Woodall, talsk about how this assistance will help in efforts to fully eradicate the disease. Sponsored ContentCattle Producers Proud of Efforts Funded Through the Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardMay 29, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …

Lower Peanut Forecast

Everyone knew the peanut crop would be lower this year, but this morning NASS released their first forecast for the 2009 crop as Tyron Spearman looks at that along with corn, soybean, and cotton numbers. 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 …

First 2009 Cotton Crop Forecast

The National Agriculture Statistics Service released their first crop forecast for the 2009 cotton crop this morning as Shiela Corley with NASS in Washington D.C. has those numbers USDA NASS 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 …

Safer Food

There is new government effort to coordinate this and Everett Griner tells us what this effort is. 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, …

Sign Up for Florida AWEP Projects

The Southwest Florida Water Management District and the Suwannee River Partnership are two of 63 projects nationwide that received funding through the NRCS Agricultural Water Enhancement Program. The deadline for sign up is Monday, August 17, 2009. For more information visit your local NRCS office or log on to their website . Sponsored ContentCattle Producers Proud of Efforts Funded Through …

Cotton Industry to be Affected by Food Safety Legislation

Cotton may not be the first commodity that comes to mind when food safety is mentioned, but Keith Menchey, manager of science and environmental issues for the National Cotton Council, says that the Food Safety Legislation passed recently by the House will affect the cotton industry. Sponsored ContentCattle Producers Proud of Efforts Funded Through the Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardMay 29, …

New Commerical Application for Watermelon

Research is underway to find new uses for watermelon, such as nutraceuticals and ethanol. As Wayne Fish of the Agricultural Research Service says these efforts will help increase potential markets for producers. 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 …