FL Participates in NAIS Listening Session

Yesterday was the last day for the scheduled listening sessions on the National Animal Identification System, as the next to last one took place this past Saturday in Jasper, Florida where the overall negative tone against the current system continued. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded …

Water Wars

The courts are reluctant to get involved. Everett Griner tells us why. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026

AL NRCS Offering Grazing School Clinics

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama invites cattle producers to attend an Alabama Grazing School clinics being offered. To learn more about the upcoming schools click on www.al.nrcs.usda.gov Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers …

Hog Herd Keeps Shrinking

The recent USDA Hogs and Pigs report shows the inventory is still shrinking. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026

New Fresh Citrus Shipping Rules Offer Promise for FL Packers

In this follow up story about newly proposed fresh citrus shipping rules published this week by USDA, comments by Florida Citrus Packers’ Association’s Richard Kinney (photo). Now a 60-day comment period gets underway. Interested parties are asked to offer their views about the proposed rules. To read and hear more about this in previous reports here at Southeast AgNet, CLICK …

Cotton Acreage Report

The National Agriculture Statistics Service released their June acreage reports this morning as cotton numbers are down according to Shiela Corley with NASS in Washington D.C. USDA NASS Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted …

Peanut Acreage Report

Many expected to see lower numbers of peanuts acres this year as have been waiting for the National Agriculture Statistics Service to release their yearly June acreage report. And according to Tyron Spearman, now that the figures are out, we are seeing the lowest numbers of peanut acres in quite some time. USDA NASS Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, …

Southeast Beef Bytes7

It’s the next to the last week in our 8-week series, “Southeast Beef Bytes”, funded by the National Beef Checkoff. We continue our talks with producers from around the Southeast and this week we are with Lindsey John, President of the Florida Cattlewomen’s Association, who said the checkoff has allowed them to promote beef in so many ways. To learn …

CCC Anniversary

Depression era work force is remembered. Everett Griner talks about it today. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026

Food Safety Legislation Working Through the Senate

Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, Saxby Chambliss, has introduced two pieces of legislation to promote a more effective national response to outbreaks of food-borne sickness. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application …