Florida’s fresh citrus packinghouses shipped more fruit through the crucial holiday season this year than in recent years. Citrus Administrative Committee Manager Duke Chadwell has the numbers and tells why he thinks they were up. Download Audio News post sponsor: Got Labor? Need Labor? Phone toll free 1-877-758-5035 Click here to contact Labor Solutions TODAY! Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board …
Safer Foods
Today Everett Griner tells us why food in the U.S. is the safest in the world. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, 2026Florida 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 …
Catfish Impersonator
Everett Griner investigates the question…Is it really catfish? Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, 2026Florida 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 …
Citrus Exhibit, Label Show Running In Downtown Lakeland
A citrus exhibit and label show kicking off the Florida Citrus Hall of Fame’s 50th anniversary celebration has begun a several weeks’ run in Lakeland. Hall of Fame Executive Director Brenda Eubanks Burnette tells about the free event in this report. Download Audio News post sponsor: Got Labor? Need Labor? Phone toll free 1-877-758-5035 Click here to contact Labor Solutions …
Citrus Extension Agent Has Post-Freeze Tips For Insurance & Groves
Southwest Florida area citrus Extension agent Mongi Zekri offers some post-freeze tips for citrus growers about making claims for crop insurance, and about grove practices after a freeze. He says documentation is important for crop insurance claims, and discusses harvesting, pruning and irrigation issues. Download Audio News post sponsor: Got Labor? Labor Solutions- Bringing People Together! Phone toll free 1-877-758-5035 …
Cotton Picking Time
Labor is not a problem during cotton picking time. Everett Griner tells us why. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, 2026Florida 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 …
Mutual Reports On Second Night of Florida Citrus Freeze
Florida Citrus Mutual spokesman Andrew Meadows says a second night of freeze on Wednesday night-Thursday morning was “by no means catastrophic” but that the large grower trade association does expect some impact. Download Audio News post sponsor: Got Labor? Labor Solutions- Bringing People Together! Phone toll free 1-877-758-5035 Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For …
Weevil Demise
There is still an area of concern for the Boll Weevil. Everett Griner tells us where this area is. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril …
Mutual: Florida Citrus Came Through Freeze In Pretty Good Shape
Florida Citrus Mutual spokesman Andrew Meadows in the first report says the citrus industry came through the Tuesday night-Wednesday morning freeze “in pretty good shape.” He tells what happened in different areas of the citrus belt. Download Audio In the second report, Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam discusses the lack of dormancy in citrus trees prior to this week’s freeze …
Indian River Citrus League Addressing GAPs, Water And More
Development of good agricultural practices was a major project for the Indian River Citrus League in 2011 and will be again in 2012, says League Executive Vice President Doug Bournique. A couple of important water issues, research funding and the reduction of regulatory burdens are also on the League’s 2012 agenda, Bournique reports. Download Audio News post sponsor: Got Labor? …