When it comes to animal identification there is a lot of worries about the confidentiality and costs issues surrounding it. But Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said livestock producers are going to have to weigh the costs of having a national animal ID system verses not having one. And a reminder a NAIS listening session will take place this Thursday, May …
Balancing Peanut Supplies
Today Tyron Spearman looks at peanut supplies and how the lower number of acreage expected this year could hopefully balance things out. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Encourages Research into Producers QuestionsJune 5, 2026Cattle 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 …
Southeast Beef Bytes1
Over the next 8 weeks in a series funded by the National Beef Checkoff, we will be talking with producers from around the Southeast about the checkoff and what it has done for not only the industry but for their operations. Our series is called “Southeast Beef Bytes” and in our first installment we have Mike Dee, a cattle producer …
Florida’s Drought Ends With Early Start to Rainy Season
The drought in Florida is quickly coming to an end. USDA Radio’s Susan Carter has this feature with Meteorologist Brad Rippey. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Encourages Research into Producers QuestionsJune 5, 2026Cattle 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 …
In a Nutshell
Peanuts get a bad rap. Today Everett Griner tells us just what the producers have to face. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Encourages Research into Producers QuestionsJune 5, 2026Cattle 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 …
Reinvestment Efforts for the Southeast
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack held a rural community forum in Southeastern Georgia to announce American Renewal and Reinvestment Act projects aimed at improving local communities and benefiting people throughout rural America. Georgia: Southeast: Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Encourages Research into Producers QuestionsJune 5, 2026Cattle Producers Proud of Efforts Funded Through the Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardMay 29, 2026Florida …
Citrus Health Response Plan (CHRP) Considers New Finds, Nurseries
In these two reports, comments from Patrick Gomes, National Coordinator for the Citrus Health Response Plan (CHRP), from a recent conference call with interested parties where CHRP officials offered updates about the program and enforcement activities related to it. In the first report below, he discusses new HLB finds in the Florida panhandle and elsewhere. In the second cut, Gomes …
New Peanut Loan Rates
USDA’s Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) has announced 2009-crop loan rates for four types of peanuts, as Tyron Spearman has the numbers. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Encourages Research into Producers QuestionsJune 5, 2026Cattle 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 …
SW FL: Reg Deadline May 26 for Farm Safety Day Saturday June 6
The Nineteenth Annual 2009 Southwest Florida Farm Safety Day is almost here and will be held on Saturday, 6 June 2009. Safe and competent equipment operators are important to farm employers. Accidents, which cause damage, injury or death to employees, equipment and crops are costly. Organizers of the event believe all types of accidents can be reduced with proper employee …
WRP Workshops This Week
Alabama’s Natural Resources Conservation Service will be hosting three workshops this week regarding the Wetlands Reserve Program. For specific dates, times and locations visit their website. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Encourages Research into Producers QuestionsJune 5, 2026Cattle Producers Proud of Efforts Funded Through the Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardMay 29, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funding Crucial For Forage DevelopmentMay 22, …