There are lots of opportunities for landowners under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program. Find out more on the Florida NRCS website. Report (1:30 wma) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Critical Role To Extend ResearchNovember 7, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida Cattle IndustryOctober 31, 2025
Live Broadcast at the PERC Building
  I’m not sure who is doing the interviewing, but Southeast AgNet affiliate WMTM out of Moultrie, Ga, did a live broadcast this morning at the Propane Education & Research Council (PERC) building at the Sunbelt Ag Expo. PERC is showing consumers the many uses of propane in the home and on the farm. Pictured (l-r) Jay Ushery & Jim Turner …
Grower Canker Control Testing Hit and Miss
Citrus Canker experiments in a hands-on setting abound in Florida citrus country, as growers try lots of ideas, some of them working, some of them not. In this report, Indian River Citrus League’s Doug Bournique discusses how growers in the region are dealing with canker in hopes of keeping their citrus deal alive and viable, long term. Report (1:00 wma) …
Citrus League’s Doug Bournique re G-fruit Forecast & Canker Control
Indian River region citrus growers produce most of the grapefruit in the world, and according to their spokesman the grapefruit crop forecast recently out of USDA is within the realms of what most expected. Meanwhile, Bournique says citrus canker continues to haunt River grower as they try to learn to deal with it. Report (2:00 wma) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement …
News Items from FL Farm Bureau
A change in leadership after nearly a quarter century headlined the convention of the state’s largest general farm organization, as Florida Farm Bureau says good-bye to Carl Loop as its president, and welcomes Volusia County farmer John Hoblick after a unanimous vote of delegates put him into the job. The attached release from Farm Bureau outlines other headlines from the …
Sunbelt Ag Expo is Underway
The 29th Annual Sunbelt Ag Expo is officially underway here in Moultrie, Ga. The gates opened a few minutes ago and the crowd started flowing in. It’s a cloudy day with a good chance of rain, but for now the weather is nice and many are trying to take advantage of that fact early. This is just the first of many posts we …
The Demand for Organic Foods Continues to Grow
Either it is organic or not. Â Report (1:00 wma) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Critical Role To Extend ResearchNovember 7, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida Cattle IndustryOctober 31, 2025
Roth Says Working Together Will Help the Farm Bill
Rick Roth, newly re-elected Florida Farm Bureau Vice-President, says the farm bill effects all crops, and that together, organizations like Florida Farm Bureau and Florida Citrus Mutual can help make a difference. Report (1:05 wma) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Critical Role To Extend ResearchNovember 7, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for …
Loop Encourages All Farmers to Work on Issues
Carl Loop, retired Florida Farm Bureau President, says that farmers have to work on issues such as immigration in order for the them to be resolved. Report (:45 wma) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Critical Role To Extend ResearchNovember 7, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida Cattle …
Touring FL Citrus Country
If you search this website’s posts back a few weeks, or simply click on the ‘international’ tab under citrus in the categories to the right, you’ll find some reports I filed from a Grapefruit Industry tour in Honduras mid-September. My Honduran host, Mr. Rene Laffite, is in Florida this week and we are taking the opportunity to return some hospitality. …