Citrus News & Thanksgiving – Thanks for the Research Help!

Gary Cooper Citrus, Florida, International

Even with all the challenges in citrus right now there is still lots to give thanks for. In these two special features airing on the network Thanksgiving Day, we speak with two long-time citrus researchers at University of Florida’s Citrus Research and Education Center about the importance of research assistance provided by scores of doctorate and post-doctorate students at the …

Will You Have Enough Bucks For Your Gobbler?

Randall Weiseman General

Menu items for a classic Thanksgiving dinner will cost just a bit more this year, but remain affordable, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation. Their annual informal price survey of classic items found on the Thanksgiving Day dinner table indicates the average cost of this year’s feast for 10 is $44.61, a $2.35 price increase from last year. The …

Preserving the Past

Dan Agri View

What does this deal with? Everett Griner tells us. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Precision Record Keeping for Cotton

Randall Weiseman Cotton

Dr. Jeanne Reeves, Director of Agricultural Research at Cotton Incorporated, talks about precision record keeping for cotton. Cotton Inc is sponsoring a seminar on precision record keeping at the Beltwide Cotton Conferences January 5th through the 8th in San Antonio, Texas Listen to report here: Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers …

Citrus Research Center Hosts “Posters & Pastries” Event

Gary Cooper Citrus, Florida

In this report Ernie Neff shares his images of the scene at Tuesday’s “Posters and Pastries” event at University of Florida’s Citrus Research and Education Center at Lake Alfred. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

U S Ag Sect’y Schafer Comments on Farm Financial Forecast

Gary Cooper General

WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov 24, 2008 – (USDA) U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer made the following statement regarding today’s fourth quarter farm financial forecast published by USDA’s Economic Research Service. “America’s agriculture continues a positive growth – a fifth straight year of record crop receipts, historically sound farm asset balance, and the third-highest net cash income over the last 33 …

USMEF Chair Optimistic

Randall Weiseman Beef, Cattle, Livestock, Pork

I recently had a chance to talk with Jon Caspers, Chairman of the U.S. Meat Export Federation who is very optimistic about our meat exports going into next year. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Accepting Bio-Fuels Loan Applications and Observing Farm City Week

Randall Weiseman Energy, General

Today Tyron Spearman has information about a loan process that’s now available concerning bio-fuels and also reminds us about Farm City Week which is underway. Hear about bio-fuel loans: More on Farm City Week: Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

U.S. Cattle Numbers Shrinking

Randall Weiseman Cattle

We keep hearing how cattle numbers are shrinking across the U.S. and that was even more evident after last week’s USDA monthly Cattle on Feed report. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024