The 2007 Hurricane season is almost here, but some recovery efforts are still on-going from 2004 and 2005 hurricanes. Alabama state conservationist Gary Kobylski with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service says one is helping removed downed timber from forestlands. Report (2:00 wma) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Industry Supports Administration of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 9, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant …
GA Congressman Schedules Listening Tour
Georgia Congressman John Barrow of Savannah is holding his 3rd Annual Rural Listening Tour starting this week. Barrow plans to visit 11 locations between May 29th,and June 4th, including Waynesboro, Sylvania, Millen, Swainsboro, Claxton, Tennille, Sparta, Gibson, Louisville, Metter, and Vidalia. Report (1:00 wma) Times and dates here Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Industry Supports Administration of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 9, …
FCIRCC: Greening Research Top Priority
Citrus Research Coordinating Council Executive Director John Jackson says citrus greening disease research is clearly the number one priority right now for Florida growers. Report (1:30 wma) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Industry Supports Administration of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 9, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to Cattle Producers in …
Growers Want Grapefruit Juice Promo Flexibility
In this report Indian RIver Citrus League’s Doug Bournique explains some of the reasoning and the need for some flexibility when it comes to using fresh grapefruit grower taxes to help move lots of grapefruit juice inventory stuck in the pipeline. Report (1:29 wma) Listen to other comments on the box tax rate proposals Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Industry Supports Administration …
FL AgNet Week in Review May 25, 2007
In this week’s podcast, the 2007 Farm Bill may reorganize the USDA, Florida Cattlemen prepare for their annual convention, the NRCS meets on Water Wars, Florida citrus associations meet about tax proposals, and the citrus industry looks at indirect forms of funding. To hear Florida’s weekly reviews subscribe to our podcast . Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Industry Supports Administration of Florida …
The Biggest in Over a Decade
You know what it is.Ă‚Â Corn!Ă‚Â What else is this going to do for us?Ă‚Â Everett Griner checks it out and tells us what else this crop will do for us. Ă‚Â Report (1:00 wma) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Industry Supports Administration of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 9, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …
Lawmakers Want Growers/Industry to Help with Research Costs
In the first report, Florida Department of Citrus Executive Director Ken Keck says with dollars tough to find for citrus research at both state and federal levels, lawmakers in both arenas look to growers and industry to put up some of the funds needed for citrus research. In the second report, Keck discusses the study by FDOC staff to see …
FL Farm Safety Day
The Seventeenth Annual Farm Safety Day to be held on Saturday June 2 at the UF/IFAS Southwest Florida Reseach and Education Center in Immokalee. Farm Safety Day is an educational event for farm workers and employers designed to emphasize the importance of farm and equipment safety. The deadline for registration is May 25th. For more information or to register, contact …
Pollinator Protection Act in Senate
The decline of honey bee colonies due to what has become known as Colony Collapse Disorder – currently threatens more than one-third of U.S. crops. To try and deal with the issue, several senators including Saxby Chambliss of Georgia and Chuck Grassley of Iowa have introduced the Pollinator Protection Act of 2007.
Disaster Designations
As drought conditions continue in the Southeast, USDA has declared 152 Georgia counties and 41 Alabama counties as primary natural disaster areas due to unseasonably low temperatures, frost and freezing conditions that occurred from April 6, 2007, through April 8, 2007. In addition, nine North Florida counties and 10 Alabama counties are included in the Georgia declaration because they are …