Southeast AgNet’s Ernie Neff reports from location at this week’s Indian River citrus grower seminars. Also in this report, a brief mention of Dr Harold Browning’s planned exit from his position as Director at UF’s Citrus Research and Education Center at Lake Alfred. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of …
COOL Discussed at Cattle Convention
While many issues are being discussed at the 2009 Cattle Industry Convention & Trade Show underway in Phoenix, Executive Director of Legislative Affairs for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Colin Woodall, said one topic many are still asking about is Country of Origin Labeling. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future …
Peanut Crop Insurance Deadline and Last UGA Outlook Breakfasts
The deadline for crop insurance for peanuts and a few other crops is nearing, as Tyron Spearman has information about that and also about the last two University of Georgia Outlook breakfasts coming up this week. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida Cattle IndustryOctober 31, 2025Florida Cattle …
UF Citrus Research Center Director Browning to Leave in Spring
After about twelve years at the University of Florida Dr Harold Browning, Director of UF’s Citrus Research and Education Center at Lake Alfred, will leave UF this spring to pursue other endeavors. We heard about this in the industry rumor mill a while back but University officials have delayed making any official announcement, presumably until more could be said about …
International Poultry Expo Starts Today
The International Poultry Expo starts today in Atlanta and Mark Leitman with The Propane Education and Research Council says there is an quite an incentive for producers to stop by the Flame-Engineering booth to find out information on the Poultry House Flame Sanitizer. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of …
Cattle Industry Convention Kicks Off Today
The 2009 Cattle Industry Convention & Trade Show officially kicks off today in Phoenix, Arizona, an event that NCBA President Andy Groseta is excited about. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida Cattle IndustryOctober 31, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Unique Opportunity For Applied ResearchOctober 24, 2025
Producing Your Own Fuel
Sooner or later this was bound to happen. A producer in North Carolina has built a distillery to produce his own fuel. Everett Griner looks into this and gives us the facts. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida Cattle IndustryOctober 31, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Unique …
Satellite Irrigation
Agriculture Research Service Scientists are investigating the possibility of using satellite imagery to determine how much water farmers should add to their crops through irrigation. If they can find the right calculation tool then farmers could reduce the risk of over irrigating a crop easing both the financial and environmental burden of leaching of fertilizer and other potential pollutants into …
EQIP Now Includes AWEP
The Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP), established in the new farm bill to promote water conservation and quality improvement, allows up to $58.4 million in financial assistance to agricultural producers and entities. The 2008 farm bill expanded the Environmental Quality Incentives Program to include AWEP offering financial and technical assistance to help farmers and ranchers carry out water enhancement activities …
Indian River Citrus Growers Receive Accolades
Florida Farm Bureau CARES program honored six citrus growers for their environmental stewardship at the Indian River Citrus Seminar. Tom Jerkins of Blue Goose Growers LLC, Glen Barnes and Tommy Barnes of Barnes Citrus, Peter McClure, Evans Bluefield, Robert Edsall of Edsall Groves and James Hoffman of Estes Citrus Inc. for their outstanding efforts in implementing Best Management Practices (BMPs). …