NRCS Chief in Florida

The chief of USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service spent some time in Florida this week talking with landowners and state officials and getting a tour of the Everglades. Report (1:00 mp3) Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida …

Labor Regulations Cause Concern

The Department of Homeland Security has announced new regulations to crack down on illegal immigrants, which American Farm Bureau officials say will make it more difficult for farmers to find workers to harvest their crops and will likely lead to increased arrests of workers and employers. Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman …

Complaining About the Rising Cost of Food

Everett Griner lays out just where these costs come from, and how the increases are taken up with the freight, not to mention the farm expenses.  One thing is for sure.  You will never be able to eat as cheap as you used to.  Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong …

Citrus Expo Smashes Pre-Registration Records

Citrus Expo has smashed all pre-registration records of its 16 year history with well over 600 growers pre-registering for this year’s event Wednesday and Thursday at Lee Civic Center in Ft Myers. Commercial citrus growers are still welcome to attend and register at the door, and hundreds more are expected to do so. The seminar hall has been enlarged with …

Soybean Rust Report

Asian soybean rust was reported at low levels in soybean sentinel plots in Jackson and Jefferson counties in the Florida Panhandle. Rust was also reported in Mobile County, Alabama where it was detected in a sentinel plot located within a commercial soybean field. Update: This week, rust was found in three more Alabama counties, including a soybean sentinel plot in …

FL Commissioner’s Spotlight

Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson talks about Gladiolus Rust. Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril …

One of the Biggest Farm Shows in the World

Everett Griner tells us all about this farm show.  What vast number of exhibits you might see and some of the other equipment, and technology which will be seen here at this show.  It is worth a day of anybody’s time if you are involved in farming.  Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance …

Nutrient Management

Nutrient management is critical to water quality and a nutrient management plan helps producers to minimize the environmental impacts of raising livestock while improving the efficiency of their operations, according to agronomist Ben Moore with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama. Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship …

U.S. Cattle on Feed Down 5 Percent

USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service released their monthly Cattle on Feed Report Friday afternoon, and the numbers show five percent less cattle than this time last year.  Report (:30 mp3) To see more of this report Click Here USDA NASS Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and …

AL Drought Hurting the Peanut Crop

The drought has been devasting for most all aspects of agriculture across Alabama, and as Tyron Spearman reports, this includes the peanut crop.  Report (1:05 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response …