In these reports, Florida Citrus Commission Chairman Ben Albritton Jr speaks candidly about the action by Florida Citrus Mutual this week asking the Citrus Department to put Free Rider fix efforts on hold for now, so legislative proposals could be fine tuned and begun earlier in the legislative process next year. Albritton emphasizes the discussion and exchange between Commissioners, the …
Freeze Forecast
A freeze is in the forecast for the Southeast next week. Report(:30 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to Cattle Producers in FloridaDecember 12, 2025Commitment 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 …
Latest on the Farm Bill
Big differences still remain between congress and the administration over the Farm Bill, and agriculture Secretary Ed Shafer says unless they get closer to a compromise by next week, a long term extension of the current farm bill is likely. Report(1:00 mp3) Meanwhile, the House has finally named members for a farm bill conference committee. ReportĂ‚Â 1 (:30 mp3)Ă‚Â Ă‚Â Ă‚Â ReportĂ‚Â 2 (1:00 …
New NCBA Field Rep for Southeast
The National Cattlemen’s Beef AssociationĂ‚Â has a new field representative for their Southeast Region II which includesĂ‚Â Alabama, Florida, & Georgia.Ă‚Â Nate Yeager has been in this position for a couple of months now and said he has enjoyed traveling across the area meeting producers.Ă‚Â Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to Cattle Producers in FloridaDecember 12, 2025Commitment …
Florida Agriculture Literacy Day
TALLAHASSEE — In an effort to increase agricultural literacy statewide, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles H. Bronson today hosted a press conference on Florida Agriculture Literacy Day at Oak Ridge Elementary School in Tallahassee to kick off the fifth anniversary of the event. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to Cattle Producers in FloridaDecember 12, 2025Commitment From Florida Cattle …
FL Fert & Ag Chem Assoc Last Call for Schol Golf Sponsors
The Scholarship Board of the Florida Fertilizer and Agri-Chemical Association (FFAA) is working hard to make this year’s golf tourney the best ever. It is scheduled for Thursday May 1, 2008 at Lake Wales Country Club. If you’re involved in Florida agriculture in any way, we hope you’ll get involved with a team or at least offer some level of …
Research Studies in Ethanol Production
What option do we have?Ă‚Â Everett Griner looks at this today and lets us know just what we might be looking toward.Ă‚Â Ă‚Â Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to Cattle Producers in FloridaDecember 12, 2025Commitment From Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Members Seeks To Move Research ForwardDecember 5, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Support For Cattle Producers …
USDA’S “Greening Summit” Releases Reports
Don’t get this “Greening Summit” information confused with another state level event of the same name that took place in Avon Park FL this week. The news release below pertains to follow up information coming out of the big nationwide citrus “Greening Summit” that was organized and hosted near Washington D C a few months back by USDA. WASHINGTON, April …
Mutual Leaders Hold “Free Rider” Fix Attempt for Fine Tuning
Florida Citrus Mutual leaders today discussed and took action on recent Citrus Commission efforts to move forward on a fix for the so-called “Free-Rider” issue. Southeast AgNet’s Ernie Neff has some details in this report, and we’ll have more on this from the newsmakers in the days ahead. Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to …
April Citrus Update Adjusts Final Earlies/Mids Number +1.5M
In this report Bob Terry with Florida’s Ag Statistics Service shares some facts and figures about the April 2008 citrus crop update. Also, here is the USDA official document (pdf file) pertaining to this month’s citrus crop forecast update, and Florida Citrus Mutual’s news release (pdf file) about this month’s citrus crop update too. Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsoring this news …