Last week about 100 vegetable growers and Bayer CropScience representatives gathered in South Florida for the 2008 Bayer CropScience Vegetable Seminar, where attendees were on hand to celebrate the launch of two key products, Movento and Synapse. Industry experts presented the latest research on managing key pests and diseases, and a good time was had by all while at the …
Citrus Greening Research Focusing on Three Major Areas
Stay tuned to this website in coming weeks as we will be posting numerous comments from leading scientists involved in citrus greening research. Listen to the series of reports posted below and hear comments from UF/CREC Director Dr Harold Browning, and USDA Hort Lab Director Dr Calvin Arnold, about updates expected later this summer from research projects now underway in …
FL Receives Conservation Innovation Grant
The Florida Wildlife Fund recently was awarded aĂ‚Â grant to continue work that’s been underway with cattle producers in the Lake Okeechobee watershed. Ă‚Â Report (2:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentCommitment From Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Members Seeks To Move Research ForwardDecember 5, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Support For Cattle Producers Regardless of Herd SizeNovember 28, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Expands the …
Hog Numbers Still Increasing
The latest hogs and pigs report shows producers at this time are still increasing herd numbers, but many don’t expect that trend to last much longer. Ă‚Â Report (1:15 mp3) Sponsored ContentCommitment From Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Members Seeks To Move Research ForwardDecember 5, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Support For Cattle Producers Regardless of Herd SizeNovember 28, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement …
New NASS Administrator Announced
The National Agriculture Statistics Service has a new administrator as Dr. Cynthia Clark has been named toĂ‚Â fill that position. Ă‚Â Report (:20 mp3) USDA NASS Sponsored ContentCommitment From Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Members Seeks To Move Research ForwardDecember 5, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Support For Cattle Producers Regardless of Herd SizeNovember 28, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Expands the promotion and …
Citrus Greening, Psyllid On The Move
In this report, headlines about citrus greening disease now confirmed in Louisiana, and Citrus Psyllid now confirmed just two miles south of the California border in Tijuana, Mexico, has citrus growers and industry folks all over the continent concerned about the spread of citrus greening disease. Report (1:30 mp3) Sponsored ContentCommitment From Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Members Seeks To Move …
Sugar Lobby Icon “D-Y” Retires from DC, Returns to Florida
This news post taken from an American Sugar Alliance communique this week noting that Dalton Yancey is moving back to Florida to retire after years of service to the sugar industry in Washington D. C. Some of us have known Dalton simply as “D-Y” since way back when he represented the Florida Sugar Cane League. AgNet hats are off to …
Bee Disappearance Getting Worse
Multiple witnesses had the same message for the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Horticulture regarding the disappearance of bees due to colony collapse disorder – it’s getting worse and they still don’t know what is causing it or how to cure it. Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentCommitment From Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Members Seeks To Move Research ForwardDecember 5, 2025Florida Cattle …
FL Commissioner’s Spotlight on July 4 Safety
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson talks about fire safety over the Fourth of July holiday. More information about wildfires and fire prevention can be found on the Division of Forestry web site. Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentCommitment From Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Members Seeks To Move Research ForwardDecember 5, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Support For Cattle Producers Regardless of …
Peanut Acreage is Up
Ă‚Â According to the National Agriculture Statistics Service, peanut acres in the U.S. are up this year compared to last year. Tyron Spearman runs through those and other cropĂ‚Â numbers which were releasedĂ‚Â this morning. Ă‚Â Report (1:15 mp3) USDA NASS Sponsored ContentCommitment From Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Members Seeks To Move Research ForwardDecember 5, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Support For Cattle Producers …