Waiting on Farm Bill Conference

The holidays may be over for most of us, but it will be a while yet before congress gets back to work. The House returns on the 15th and the Senate not until the 22nd, which means it will be weeks before work on reconciling the farm bill gets done. Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities …

NAFTA Fully Loaded

Fourteen years after the North American Free Trade Agreement was signed it has been fully implemented. Report (:40 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most …

Citrus News: FLA FREEZE – COLD, BUT NOT TOO COLD

According to this article in early this morning from citrus grower Chet Townsend, who also puts out a grower e-mail newsletter in addition to maintaining UltimateCitrus.com website, Florida citrus likely dodged a cold bullet in last night’s freeze. By the way, we recorded a low of 25 degrees in N W Marion County just outside of Ocala this morning at …

Are We Still the Cheapest Nation in the World?

With the prices we are paying at the supermarket, are we still the cheapest country in the world?  Everett Griner talks about this today and lets us know just where we stand.  Report (1:00 mp3) This post sponsored by: Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the …

USDA Radio Covers FL Freeze

Here is a radio newsclip from USDA’s radio team in Washington D. C. featuring this week’s Florida freeze. The USDA newsline is a service to the nation’s radio broadcasters, so this newsclip is fed to hundreds of broadcasters throughout the country. Report (2:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy Farmers of …

Citrus Deals With Cold Weather Too

IT’S COLD IN FLORIDA and nobody is more aware of it than Florida’s citrus & veggie growers! In these reports, more comments from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charlie Bronson regarding the reasons behind the lifting of certain trucking restrictions for agriculture movement. Report (2:00 mp3) Report (2:00 mp3) This post sponsored by: Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark …

FL Cold Weather Irrigation Recordkeeping Reminder

This reminder in this afternoon from Florida Farm Bureau: Remember to report your frost/freeze protection water use separate from your usual water use permitted quantities. Crop protection water quantities are calculated outside your normal annual average permitted quantities. Please contact Cara Martin at FFBF if you have any questions (Cara Martin,Asst Dir, Gov & Community Affairs, FFBF, Ph: (727) 856-8649 …

FL Growers Rush to Harvest

As Florida growers rush to beat the freeze, highway restrictions have been eased to help them get those crops to market and processing. Report (1:00 mp3) Citrus is the biggest concern, but strawberries, beans, cukes, corn and eggplant are also in danger. Report (1:30 mp3) This post sponsored by: Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril …

Amazing Cotton Crop

Despite the drought, 2007 was an amazing year for cotton in Georgia, both in terms of yield and quality. Report(1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get …

EQIP Funding Will be in Farm Bill

The 2007 Farm Bill has yet to be finalized but conservation funding is a given and the popular Environmental Quality Incentives Program or EQIP is high on the priority list according to Steve Musser with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama. Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy …