AL Sparks Pleased with Release of CRP Land

Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture Ron Sparks is pleased with the fact CRP acres will be released to help livestock producers across the state.  Report (:30 mp3) To learn more about the signup which starts Monday June 2nd, click Here Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance Brahman GeneticsMay 15, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …

AL Livestock Market Report

Alabama Department of Agriculture’s Dyan Kennedy runs through this week’s cattle market numbers from across the state.  Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance Brahman GeneticsMay 15, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical …

Citrus Health Response Plan Compliance for 2008

Here is the CHRP Compliance for 2008-2009. (pdf file) If you have any questions please contact Mark Estes at 863-298-7723. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance Brahman GeneticsMay 15, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides …

Florida Ag Teacher Winners

A North Central Florida elementary school teacher and two middle school agri-science teachers have won Florida Agriculture in the Classroom, Inc.’s “Excellence in Teaching about Agriculture Awards” for 2008 for their efforts to educate their students about where food, fiber and landscape material come from. Cherith Davenport of Archer Community School near Gainesville won for the elementary and overall Florida …

Schafer to Attend FAO Meeting

Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer will present the three-pronged U.S. strategy to address the issues of rising food prices, climate change and energy security during a Food and Agriculture Organization Conference on World Food Security next week in Rome. Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance Brahman GeneticsMay 15, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay …

Planting Progress

Despite cool weather in the Midwest corn and soybean planting is progressing, while here in the Southeast progress is right about average for cotton and peanuts. GA Report (1:00 mp3) AL Report (1:00 mp3) USDA NASS Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance Brahman GeneticsMay 15, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …

Cap and Trade Legislation

The Senate will begin floor debate next week on the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act, which includes language allowing for “agriculture offsets” for Green House Gas (GHG) emissions under a federal cap-and-trade system. Frankie Hall with Florida Farm Bureau explains what that means for producers. Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance Brahman GeneticsMay 15, 2026Florida …

Carbon Credits Provide Revenue Potential

Florida Farm Bureau has joined with a company called AgraGate to educate landowners and agricultural producers around the state about the revenue potential of Carbon Credits. Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance Brahman GeneticsMay 15, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For …

Corn Farmers Not Happy

Today Everett Griner looks at just how much of the dollar is going to the farmers and where the other is going.  Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance Brahman GeneticsMay 15, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, …

On-Line Advertising Scores High in FDOC’s R-O-I Study

More in these reports about results from a return-on-investment study performed by Marketing Accountability Partnership (MAP)for the Florida Department of Citrus. In the first report, the firm’s managing director, Neil Canter, (photo left) discusses the effectiveness of the on-line advertising done recently by FDOC, and says more will be learned in regular updates to the study as time moves forward. …