An outbreak of foot and mouth disease was discovered in Britain this past week. Ă‚Â Report (:35 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida 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 …
Studying the Items on Your Table
Do you remember what you had for dinner last night?Ă‚Â Studying all of these items, just where did they come from?Ă‚Â Everett Griner talks to us today about the labeling laws and why they are not enforced.Ă‚Â Everett Griner also asks an important question for us to answer. Ă‚Â Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For …
H2A-USA Helps Growers Simplify Access to Foreign Labor
One of the bigger issues still looming over citrus and vegetable industries is the availability of sufficient farm labor when farmers need it the most. Regardless of what Congress may or may not do about immigration laws, H2A programs will continue to allow farmers to access foreign labor. Although the program is complex, H2A-USA is a company set up to …
FFB VP Attends Sweetener Symposium
The 24th annual International Sweetener Symposium was held this week in California and one of the attendees was Florida Farm Bureau vice president Rick Roth of Roth Farms in Belle Glade. Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to Cattle Producers in FloridaDecember 12, 2025Commitment From …
House Ag Approps
The House Ag Appropriations Act includes a $25 million increase in funding for ag education and FFA. Report (1:00 mp3) The bill also includes over 3.5 million for the Southeast Climate Consortium to continue providing farmers with long term climate forecasting and the products to manage climate-related risks. And Congressman Allen Boyd (D-North Florida), a member of the House Appropriations …
Market Research Grants
USDA has awarded over $1.3 million in 26 matching grants to 21 states supporting agricultural market research and demonstration projects, including a couple to benefit Southeast producers. $14,995 to the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries, in cooperation with the University of Florida, the University of Florida Leon County Extension Office, the University of Georgia and Auburn University, to identify …
Peanut Stocks & Processing Report
Tyron Spearman runs through some of the numbers from the latest peanut stocks & processing Report. Ă‚Â Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida 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 …
Will We Have Immigrant Labor?
Congress has failed to come up with a workable immigrant reform plan.Ă‚Â What are we going to do?Ă‚Â Everett Griner has some thoughts on this for us to ponder. Ă‚Â Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to Cattle Producers in FloridaDecember 12, 2025Commitment From Florida Cattle …
FL Growers Seek More FL Targeted Promotion
As more growers become involved in discussions about ‘free riders’ getting generic orange juice promotions from Florida grower investments, there seems to be another push toward doing something with the promotional dollars that will more specifically benefit Florida product values over the rest. In these reports, Florida grower and Citrus Mutual board member Marty McKenna comments on these issues. Report …
New Partner to Promote Animal ID
USDA Under Secretary Bruce Knight announced a new partner in efforts to get more premises registered in the National Animal ID System, and also said a new business plan would be coming out this fall. Ă‚Â Report (1:30 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to Cattle Producers in …