The Georgia Beef Board has a new person on staff as Ashley Hughes came aboard this month to focus on promoting beef across the state. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Unique Opportunity For Applied ResearchOctober 24, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role in Applied Beef Cattle ResearchOctober 17, 2025FCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober …
Economic Slowdown Affects Beef Industry
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association President Andy Groseta looks at how beef sales have been hurt by the recent economic downturn, espcecially when it comes to exports. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Unique Opportunity For Applied ResearchOctober 24, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role in Applied Beef Cattle ResearchOctober 17, 2025FCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research …
NPB Working on Product Innovation
The National Peanut Board’s Ryan Lepicier talks about how checkoff dollars are being used for product innovation which is benefiting growers. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Unique Opportunity For Applied ResearchOctober 24, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role in Applied Beef Cattle ResearchOctober 17, 2025FCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025
California Citrus Industry Leaders Take Florida HLB Tour
During the recent International Research Conference on Huanglongbing in Orlando, some of the participants took a field trip to witness first hand the disease known to many Florida growers as “citrus greening”. Florida Citrus Mutual spokesman Andrew Meadows was among those helping to organize tour stops and discussions, and talks to our listeners about what went on. HLB Conference Coverage …
Specialty Crops Foundation Works on Food Safety Issues
In this report, more with Florida Specialty Crops Foundation executive Mike Carlton, this time discussing the food safety aspects of the industry. In a food safety scare situation for example, erroneous reporting and misguided government actions can devastate any agriculture industry with mis-steps or inaccurate information, such as the recent situation where tomotoes were wrongly blamed for foodborne illness that …
Texas Citrus Mutual Group Tours Florida Groves/Discusses HLB
HLB Conference Coverage Sponsored by: Ray Prewett of Texas Citrus Mutual (photo left) was in Florida for several days recently for the weeklong International Research Conference on Huanglongbing, or citrus greening disease. While in Florida, Prewett joined a few others for a visit to the famous Indian River citrus region on Florida’s east coast, to meet and talk to growers …
Exports Increasing to Iraq
USDA is partnering with Land Grant Universities in working to improve Iraq’s Agriculture Extension System and boost food production for the country. The project has also been beneficial for US Agricultural exports and General Sales Manager, Kirk Miller says that he expects the exporting opportunities to Iraq to only increase. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Unique Opportunity For Applied …
Cotton Board to Hold Encore Crop Management Seminar
Cotton Incorporated had such a great response to their recent crop management seminar held in Tunica Mississippi that they actually had to turn some away. But Dr. Ed Barnes, Director, Agricultural Research, says they are excited about rectifying that by holding an encore of the hands-on workshop at the Beltwide Cotton Conference. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Unique Opportunity …
Agritourism Resources Available
It seems that consumers are more interested in how their food is produced these days. This has oppened additional options for diversification and stability to more farming operations. But Scott Heilberger, a Rural Health Communications Specialist with the National Farm Medicine Center, says there are many things to consider before opening an agritourism operation. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers …
Farm Bureau Discussion Meet is Important
One of the popular events at the Georgia Farm Bureau Convention is the Discussion Meet and Clay Talton, county extension coordinator for Elbert County and a finalist, explains why he thinks it is an important one. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Unique Opportunity For Applied ResearchOctober 24, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role in Applied Beef Cattle ResearchOctober …