FL Beef Council Provides School Wellness Kits

Randall Weiseman Beef, Florida

Wellness kits are being distributed by the Florida Beef Council to help schools meet the needs of today’s school aged kids.  Report (1:00 wma) Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

60% of Peanut Crop Now Counted

Randall Weiseman Peanuts

The peanut crop continues to slowly come in, as Tyron Spearman says at this point only 60% of the crop has been counted.  Report (:25 wma) Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Peanut Board Sponsors Cookoff

Randall Weiseman Peanuts

Tyron also has the results of a recent cookoff sponsored in part by the National Peanut Board.  Report (:30 wma) Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Points Made at 5-Nation Beef Conference

Randall Weiseman Cattle

NCBA President Mike John was one of those who recently attended the Five Nations Beef Conference in Australia. He talks about some of the points made during the event.  Report (1:15 wma) Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Citrus Commission Approves Mutual Dues Collection Proposal

Gary Cooper Citrus

With a vote by the Citrus Commission Wednesday to move forward the proposals for collection of Citrus Mutual member dues by processors and packers, some processors posture for legal action, while grower leaders say ‘what’s the big deal’? In this report, Citrus Commission Chairman Steve Ryan tells Southeast AgNet’s Gary Cooper that the procedure for dues collection is rather simple, …

FL Citrus Commission Fine Tunes Budget and Mktg Approach

Gary Cooper Citrus

Citrus Commissioners approved revisions to the marketing budget for the Florida Department of Citrus this week, to better match expected revenues from the crop that U S D A has projected. Citrus Commission Chairman Steve Ryan says the challenge will be to keep consumers interested in orange juice as higher retail prices become the norm for the product due to …

Being in the Cow Business Today

Dan Agri View

Everett Griner tells us how the prospects look for the cattle business today.  Report (1:00 wma) Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Mealybug Control

Randall Weiseman Florida, Specialty Crops, Vegetables

Biological efforts to control pink hibiscus mealybug are proving successful, according to Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson. More information about the pink hibiscus mealybug is available on the Department’s web site at http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/pi or call 1-888-397-1517. Report (:30 wma) Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Regional Cotton Research

Randall Weiseman Cotton

The Cotton Board spends millions of dollars a year on agricultural research projects, and southeastern regional representative Mark Bankston says some of those research dollars are spent right here at home. Report (1:00 wma) Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

Organic Production Increases

Randall Weiseman General, Specialty Crops, Vegetables

Organic foods have been experiencing amazing growth recently according to USDA economist Katherine Greene. Report (1:00 wma) Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024