Everett Griner is working on a mystery. He has asked several supermarket managers but they had no answers. Hear all about it in this Agri-View.  Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Acts As Catalyst For Timely ResearchSeptember 26, 2025
Farm Bill Heads to Senate Floor
Tyron Spearman reports the Senate version of the Farm Bill passed the ag committee and now heads to the full floor. Â Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Acts As Catalyst For Timely ResearchSeptember 26, 2025
Where’s the Cattle Cycle?
Many had expected to see an expansion in cattle herds by this time, but conditions in certain parts of the country have kept that from happening, especially here in the Southeast. So, where actually does the cattle cycle stand right now? Â Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …
FSIS Expands Beef Testing
The Food Safety Inspection Service is getting more aggressive with their testing of beef due to the number of E. coli cases that have been found this year. Â Report (:40 mp3) Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Acts As Catalyst For Timely …
Senate Ag Finishes Farm Bill
The Senate Agriculture Committee completed work on its version of the 2007 Farm Bill at 12:30 Eastern time Thursday and reported the bill out of committee. Floor debate on the bill has not yet been scheduled. Chairman Tom Harkin says the bill makes critical investments in energy, conservation, nutrition, rural development and promoting better diets and health for all Americans …
EQIP Amendment Reminds of Upcoming Deadline
Several amendments were added to the Senate Farm Bill during mark-up, including one that remove a provision to the payment limitation for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, maintaining the exisiting limitation of 450-thousand – which reminds us to remind producers that the EQIP batching period for 2008 funding is coming up November 13. USDA-NRCS in Florida wants producers to know. …
Good Guava
The importance of foods high in antioxidants has been well documented. While there are many fruits and vegetables that contain lots of those healthy components, one you might not think about is guava. Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …
Former Citrus Chairman on Grapefruit, USDA Rules & FDOC
In these two weekly features involving coverage of the Florida Dept of Citrus former Citrus Commissioner and Commission Chairman Dan Richey talks about the grapefruit marketing situation going into this season, growing concerns and expectations about the highly anticipated USDA final ruling about fresh fruit shipments this year, and about FDOC efforts to juice up marketing efforts for grapefruit products. …
E Coli Actions
The US Department of Agriculture is stepping up the war on E Coli in the wake of 15 recalls this year, eight associated with human illness. Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Acts As Catalyst For Timely ResearchSeptember 26, …
Farm Bill Work
The Senate Agriculture Committee worked all day on its version of a 2007 Farm Bill and is expected to wrap up on Thursday. Report (1:00 mp3) Committee member Dick Lugar of Indiana intends to introduce his own farm bill on the Senate floor. Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle …