As soon as 2015, the majority of citrus and other farm workers may not come from Mexico as they do now, says Frank Gasperini, vice president of the National Council of Agricultural Employers. Gasperini, in Florida recently to participate in a labor compliance seminar, also ponders where ag workers will come from in the future and what language they’ll speak. …
This IS a Nutty Issue
This is a strong complaint among consumers. Everett Griner looks into pecan and peanut prices and possibly why they are escalating at such a rapid pace. 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 …
Selling Florida Citrus Products Through ‘Shopper Marketing’
Shopper marketing is the relatively new technique the Florida Department of Citrus will employ this year in an effort to move more Florida citrus products through grocery stores. Director of Shopper Marketing Jamie Toler has the details 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 TODAY! …
2012 Sunbelt
The 34th annual farm show is in the books and Everett Griner tells us how it went. 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 …
Metal Thefts
Everett Griner talks on new laws are introduced laws that will tighten metal theft. 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 …
Record Records
We all know that records are set to be broken. 2011 has been a record setting year for agriculture among other things. Everett Griner tells us some of these records. 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, …
Young Citrus Trees Struggling with HLB in Florida Groves
Two citrus growers this week told fellow growers that young trees they’ve planted in recent years are getting infected with HLB, or citrus greening disease, at a high rate. That’s causing Ben Hill Griffin Incorporated production manager Steve Farr and Orange-Co vice president Jerry Newlin to wonder if they can raise sufficient numbers of young trees to maturity. Farr and …
Farm Thefts
Metal thieves are targeting agriculture. Why, Everett Griner tells us. 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 …
Citrus Growers See Rootstock and Production System Efforts
Growers from all over Florida’s citrus belt attended a Citrus Research Field Day in Polk County Tuesday. Bartow grower Jim Ellis said he felt a sense of optimism from other growers on the tour. 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 Provides …
Indian River Citrus League Discusses Canker, Water, GAPs
The state’s oldest citrus trade association held its 81st annual meeting last week in Vero Beach and discussed pressing current issues. Among those, addressed in these reports by Indian River Citrus League Executive Vice President Doug Bournique, were attempts to get the European Union to accept a reasonable canker protocol for Florida citrus, water management and good agricultural practices. Canker: …