Cotton Incorporated has unveiled the results of the Cotton Growers Practices Survey and Larkin Martin a Cotton Board member and producer in Cortland, Alabama says that many consumers may be surprised to find out that there is only 21 percent of irrigated cotton grown nationwide. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida …
FL NRCS Announces Signup Cutoff Dates
State Conservationist Carlos Suarez with USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service in Florida has announced the cutoff date for two farm bill conservation programs, as all applications for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and the Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) will be accepted until close of business on February 27, 2009. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response …
FL Senate Committee on Economy Looking for Input at Workshops
More comments in these two reports from FL Senator Don Gaetz, Chairman of the Florida Senate Committee on the Economy, who says a series of public workshops starting this week will seek input from businesses and citizens on ideas to get the Florida economy going again. Gaetz says Florida agriculture in particular can be an important part of the process …
Weather Watching – The Bigger Picture
From the high plains all the way to south Florida, farmers are watching the weather closely this week. More in this report. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida Cattle …
Sen Ag Committee Holds Hearing on Nominee for Top USDA Post
This release just in from the office of U S Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga): SEN. CHAMBLISS: GOV. VILSACK SHOULD BE THE NEXT SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE (WASHINGTON, D.C.) U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), Ranking Republican Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today received testimony from former Iowa Governor Thomas Vilsack for consideration to be the next Secretary of the U.S. Department …
Record Peanut Crop
We’ve all heard how big the peanut crop was this past season, as Tyron Spearman looks at even more numbers associated with the record crop. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch …
Schafer Still Promoting NAIS
Even though Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer is about to see his term end, he still continues to promote animal identification. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …
Estate Tax Not Going Away
There are indications that President-elect Barack Obama, with the support of congressional leaders, will move to block the estate tax from disappearing in 2010. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, …
FL Farm Bureau Follow Up On Ag Budget Cuts in Special Session
In this report, Florida Farm Bureau Director of Legislative Affairs Ben Parks in Tallahassee gives our listeners a rundown of the budget cuts to the Florida Dept of Agriculture in the Special Session this month. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, …
Food Safety Scares: It Can Happen To ANY Commodity
Reggie Brown of the Florida Tomato Exchange (photo) was a featured speaker in a couple of the sessions at the recent Regional Fruit and Vegetable Conference in Savannah, GA. After what he and his industry went through in 2008 due to innaccurate reporting of a salmonella outbreak that did not involve tomatoes at all, Brown had some pointed comments for …