BRONSON TO KICK OFF AG LITERACY DAY BY READING TO STUDENTS IN THE CAPITOL TALLAHASSEE — Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson will read to two fourth-grade classes from Astoria Park Elementary School at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 23, in the Cabinet Room of The Capitol to kick off the seventh anniversary of Agriculture Literacy Day. He …
Market Overflow
Everett Griner explains to us today just how the farmers markets are outgrowing demand. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Senator Shares Origins of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardNovember 14, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 8, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Critical Role To Extend ResearchNovember 7, 2025
Albritton: Citrus Research Panels Should Consolidate
The Florida Citrus Commission last week funded the Florida Citrus Industry Research Coordinating Council for 16 more months at a cost of $134,667. Citrus Commission Chairman Ben Albritton praises the group’s work, but says it must eventually show how it will fit under the new Citrus Research and Development Foundation’s umbrella. Download Audio Post sponsor: Copper coverage with Less Metallic …
Citrus Research On Boyd Cocktail And HLB Updated
University of Florida researcher Bob Rouse has been doing studies on the so-called “Boyd cocktail” of nutrients and other products that has kept grower Maury Boyd’s HLB-infected trees alive for years. In the first of these reports, Rouse says researchers are pretty certain it’s the nutrients, and not other products in the cocktail, that are keeping trees alive. Download Audio …
Albritton Addresses Citrus Research Talks With UF
Florida Citrus Commission Chairman Ben Albritton shares his thoughts about negotiations between the Citrus Research and Development Foundation and the University of Florida over the rights to research findings funded by the foundation. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Senator Shares Origins of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardNovember 14, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 8, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Critical Role To Extend …
Citrus Economists To Ponder Global OJ Future
On April 8 in Lake Alfred, Citrus economists from Brazil will join their U.S. counterparts, especially those from Florida, in a presentation on the future of the global orange juice industry. Southeast AgNet’s Ernie Neff has the report. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Senator Shares Origins of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardNovember 14, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 8, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …
FL Farm Bureau “Ag Watch” Tallahassee Report March 19, 2010
Here’s this week’s 03-19-10 edition of Florida Farm Bureau’s Ag Watch (pdf file) from the FFB Legislative office in Tallahassee. Sponsored ContentFlorida Senator Shares Origins of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardNovember 14, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 8, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Critical Role To Extend ResearchNovember 7, 2025
Sustainability
Sustainability is hard to identify. Everett Griner gives it a shot. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Senator Shares Origins of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardNovember 14, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 8, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Critical Role To Extend ResearchNovember 7, 2025
EPA Delays Rules for FL Waters; Calls for Scientific Review
WASHINGTON – Congressman Adam Putnam today welcomed an announcement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that it will delay a portion of its new and complex rules for nutrients in Florida waters and will invite a third party scientific review of the standards. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Senator Shares Origins of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardNovember 14, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember …
Gunter Outlines Citrus Research Agreement With UF
The chief operating officer of the Citrus Research and Development Foundation, Dan Gunter, previewed the foundation’s proposed research agreement with the University of Florida at this week’s Florida Citrus Commission meeting. Southeast AgNet’s Ernie Neff has the summary. Download Audio Post sponsor: Copper coverage with Less Metallic Copper per acre. Sponsored ContentFlorida Senator Shares Origins of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardNovember …