National Weather Service Forecaster: “El Nino is Waning”

What does it mean that El Nino is waning? Bart Hagemeyer of the National Weather Service’s Melbourne FL office says it could mean several things. He comments about the 2007 hurricane season outlook in this report. Report (2:00 wma) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That …

Waning El Nino Not Delivering Normal El Nino Rain Patterns

Bart Hagemeyer with the National Weather Service office in Melbourne FL, speaking with citrus growers at a seminar in Ft Pierce last week, says the El Nino that came on so quickly last year has not produced rainfall patterns that are typically expected from an El Nino pattern. In this report he discusses rainfall and hurricane expectations as a result …

Beef Checkoff Survey Results

The results of the Beef Checkoff survey have been released by USDA.  Report (1:00 wma) To see more of those results Click Here Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida …

NW FL Beef Conference is Thursday

The 16th annual Northwest Florida Beef Conference & Trade Show is coming up this Thursday.  Report (:30 wma) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida 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 …

Propane Powered Poultry House Sanitizer

Flame Engineering was one of the exhibitors at last week’s International Poultry Expo in Atlanta, demonstrating how the power of propane can sanitize poultry houses. Steve Koch is director of Flame Engineering’s agriculture division. Report (1:30 wma) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research …

Orange Cauliflower Research

The discovery of a lone orange cauliflower in a field of the ordinary white variety 30 years ago is helping scientists isolate the beneficial beta carotene gene which provides Vitamin A. Report (1:00 wma) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United …

Farm Bureau Supports Cellulosic Ethanol Funding

Farm Bureau Federation is urging support on both the state and national level for research and development of cellulosic ethanol. Report (1:00 wma) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida …

FL NRCS Getting Caught Up on Hurricane Projects

A break from hurricanes last year helped USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Florida get caught up on recovery projects resulting from hurricanes in 2004 and 2005. Report (1:30 wma) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy Farmers of Florida …

What is Giving Goats a Boost?

Everett Griner looks into this and gives us his outlook on it and the impact on the dairy business.  Report (1:00 wma) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …

Updated Map of Citrus Greening Available

Here’s the latest map of citrus greening in Florida (pdf file)Growers who have questions can contact the Florida Department of Agriculture Division of Plant Industry offices in Gainesville. Citrus growers are encouraged to take a few moments to offer ideas as to how they think canker or greening can be best controlled. E-mail us at growertrials@southeastagnet.com, and then look for …