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 ContentPropane Education and Research Council Shares Opportunities For Ag ProducersDecember 31, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to Cattle Producers in FloridaDecember …
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 ContentPropane Education and Research Council Shares Opportunities For Ag ProducersDecember 31, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to Cattle …
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 ContentPropane Education and Research Council Shares Opportunities For Ag ProducersDecember 31, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to Cattle Producers in FloridaDecember 12, 2025Commitment …
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 ContentPropane Education and Research Council Shares Opportunities For Ag ProducersDecember …
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 ContentPropane Education and Research Council Shares Opportunities For Ag ProducersDecember 31, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …
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 ContentPropane Education and Research Council Shares Opportunities For Ag ProducersDecember 31, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement …
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 ContentPropane Education and Research Council Shares Opportunities For Ag ProducersDecember 31, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida …
Cotton Acreage Declines
The National Agriculture Statistics Service released their planted acreage numbers this morning, and according to Shiela Corley in the Washington D.C. office, cotton numbers for this season are down. Report (2:55 mp3) Report (1:00 mp3) USDA NASS Sponsored ContentPropane Education and Research Council Shares Opportunities For Ag ProducersDecember 31, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida …