Commissioner’s Spotlight on Florida’s Fine Wines

Randall Weiseman FL Commissioner Report

Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson talks about the impressive showing by Florida wines at the International Wine and Grape Juice Competition in Tampa earlier this year. For information on the web about the competition, click here. For a list of Florida wineries and vineyards, click here. To visit the web site of the Florida Grape Growers Association, click here. Report …

A Factor More Critical

Dan Agri View

There is one factor more critical than fuel and the struggling economy.  Everett Griner tells us what this is and where the problem lies.  Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Cattlemen Looking Forward to a New Farm Bill

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cattle, Florida, Georgia

National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Executive Director of Legislative Affairs, Colin Woodall, flew from Washington D.C. to meet with Region II Cattlemen in Columbus, Georgia to give an update on what’s happening in our nation’s capitol, and of course the main topic was the farm bill.  Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers …

Peanut Price Up While Consumption Falls

Randall Weiseman Peanuts

Tyron Spearman has a look at some numbers out this week concerning the peanut industry.  Report (:25 mp3) Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

May Citrus Crop Update Details

Gary Cooper Citrus, Florida

Here is our interview this month with Bob Terry, Florida Ag Statistics Service. Report (3:46 mp3) Sponsoring this news report: USDA NASS Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

2007 Final Cotton Production Report

Randall Weiseman Cotton

USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service has released its final report for 2007 cotton production – overall down 11 percent from 2006, with the southeast down 36 percent. Shiela Corley with USDA-NASS in Washington D.C. has all the final numbers. Report (2:00 mp3) Report (:30 mp3) USDA NASS Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed …

AL Livestock Market Report

Dan Alabama, Cattle

Dyan Kennedy with the Alabama Department of Agriculture has this week’s cattle market numbers from across Alabama. Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Who is Telling the Truth?

Dan Agri View

Everett Griner talks today about the food supply and ethanol fuels.  Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Farm Bill Veto Expected

Randall Weiseman General

Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer says President Bush will veto the Farm Bill compromise announced Thursday by negotiators. He issued the following statement. “Today, the United States House and Senate announced the completion of a farm bill that unfortunately fails to include much needed reform and increases spending by nearly $20 billion. At a time of record farm income, Congress decided …

Farm Bill Compromise Announced

Randall Weiseman General

Nearly five months after the Senate passed its version of the 2007 Farm Bill, negotiators happily announced a compromise bill Thursday. Conference committee chairman Senator Tom Harkin called the bill a non-partisan effort and the question now is whether the president will sign it. Report(1:00 mp3) The bill includes provisions for specialty crop producers. Report(1:00 mp3) Read more here from …