From: The News Service of Florida By Margie Menzel State Calls Bear Hunt a Success, Opponents Call it a Slaughter THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, November 12, 2015–Florida wildlife officials Thursday called last month’s bear hunt a success, with 304 bears killed in two days and few hunters cited for violations — but critics called it a slaughter, saying most of the …
CCD Again
Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) continues to destroy our honeybees and threaten our future. Everett Griner talks about CCD still threatening crops in today’s Agri View. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Producers Proactive In Research Efforts Funded by the Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 16, 2026Florida Cattle Industry Supports Administration of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 9, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support …
Beef and Weight Loss
What a study is showing about eating more beef when you’re older and overweight. Dr. Connie Bales, professor at Duke University School of Medicine, is leading the experimental obesity intervention with older adults who are frail, using protein to offset the challenge to muscle mass during weight loss. Download Audio Dr. Bales is a Senior Fellow at the Center for …
Citrus Growers Turn Out For Florida Senate Ag Committee Meeting
A large contingent of citrus growers and industry leaders were on hand Thursday afternoon as the Florida Senate Agriculture Committee held its scheduled meeting in Sebring. A big topic was the status of HLB research and progress being made against citrus greening disease. At the meeting, Chief Operations Officer Harold Browning of the Citrus Research and Development Foundation fielded questions …
Palmer Amaranth
Since man has planted the first field weeds and grasses have been a problem Everett Griner talks about the challenge of Palmer Amaranth (Scientific name: Amaranthus palmeri) in today’s Agri View. Download Audio Photo: Palmer Amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri). Photo courtesy of USDA Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Producers Proactive In Research Efforts Funded by the Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 16, 2026Florida Cattle …
Daily Exercise Program
For many of us, a daily exercise programs starts first thing in the morning. But even if you have a good workout for at least a half hour or longer, that doesn’t mean you’re done for the day. In part 3 of her series on Fitness Health Cathy Isom explains why it’s important to keep our body moving all day, …
Agri View: Feeding the World-Who Cares?
The American farmer is highly respected throughout the world, generally speaking. Everett Griner talks about what the term “feeding the world” means to you in today’s Agri View. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Producers Proactive In Research Efforts Funded by the Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 16, 2026Florida Cattle Industry Supports Administration of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 9, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …
On the Job Fitness
So many of us are tied to offices and computer screens all day, sometimes half the night, too. But there’s still a way of getting a little on the job fitness worked-in throughout your 8-hour shifts, even for those sitting behind the desk. In the second part of her series on Fitness Health Cathy Isom tells us some simple steps …
November Citrus Crop Forecast Has Decrease in Florida Oranges
Mark Hudson, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, delivered the November citrus crop forecast. He reported a drop in Florida for all oranges of 6 million boxes. Non-Valencia and Valencia oranges are forecast at 37 million boxes each, down from the October forecast of 40 million boxes each. Hudson reported that this decrease was due to …
Agri View: Opening Trade with Cuba
America’s farmers are still anxiously waiting on trade relations with Cuba to open up. Everett Griner talks about trade with Cuba in today’s Agri View. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Producers Proactive In Research Efforts Funded by the Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 16, 2026Florida Cattle Industry Supports Administration of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 9, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant …