A crowd of more than 250, mostly area farmers and ranchers, gathered in a large barn on a feedstocks farm near Lake Okeechobee Monday to hear from USDA officials and a representative of the U S military about feedstocks crops that can produce biofuels. It was another in a series of meetings that have been taking place throughout Florida for …
FL Ag Commish Putnam Delivers Keynote at Everglades Conference
Putnam Stresses Importance of Partnerships to Restore Environment Weston, Florida (FDACS) — Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam delivered today’s keynote speech at the 26th Annual Everglades Coalition Conference. Putnam is the first Commissioner of Agriculture to participate in this annual event. “Restoring the Northern Everglades is a tremendous opportunity for partnership between the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and …
Feds Unveil Everglades Headwaters Program
(News Service of Florida) Federal wildlife officials will work with private landowners, conservation groups, tribal and government agencies to develop a national 150,000 acre wildlife refuge and conservation area at the headwaters of the Everglades, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Secretary Ken Salazar said Friday. “The Everglades’ rural working ranch landscapes are an Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata …
DPI: Agriculture Pest & Disease Introductions On Increase In Florida
It’s the federal government’s responsibility to keep incoming pests & disease out of the U. S., but it remains the state’s job to clean them up if they get through. Acting Director of the Florida Dept. of Agriculture’s Division of Plant Industry (FDACS/DPI) in Gainesville, Wayne Dixon, says his team is dealing with a surprising increase in new introductions. Dixon …
UF/IFAS Leaders Meet With Agriculture Commissioner Elect Putnam
A team of University of Florida IFAS executives were among the first in a series of meetings hosted by Florida Agriculture Commissioner-Elect Adam Putnam in Gainesville this morning, as issues of the coming legislative session come into focus. We caught up to Payne for a few brief comments as the meeting concluded. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, …
European Peppered Moth Now Confirmed in Florida
This update about the spread of the European Peppered Moth just in from regional vegetable extension agent Gene McAvoy in Hendry County, FL, who says Scott Krueger with the Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services Division of Plant Industry, Plant Inspection Section advises that the European Pepper Moth (Duponchelia fovealis) is now confirmed in Florida (Orange County). FDACS found …
FL Farm Bureau South Florida Ag Report
This report from Charlie Shinn, Asst Director, Gov’t and Community Affairs, Florida Farm Bureau Federation: Dry Season Starts Early in South Florida The regular dry season for south Florida leaped ahead by about a month and is now in full swing. It is during this time that farmers watch Lake Okeechobee levels very closely. As the bellwether for water supply …
Florida Feedstock Growers Association Grows Energy for Biofuels
Farmer Bill Vasden Jr. has dedicated a lot of time in recent months talking to other farmers about biofuels crops he believes are viable in Florida. In this recent interview at a biofuels meeting near Leesburg, Vasden discusses free landclearing for citrus growers wanting to eliminate abandoned groves; Florida Feedstock Growers Association membership benefits; and diversification with biofuels crops. The …
NACD Supports Efforts to Protect Landowners from EPA Over-Reach
WASHINGTON, D.C.— (NACD) Oct. 18, 2010 — The National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) is supporting bipartisan efforts to block the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from moving forward on unprecedented regulation of pesticides under the Clean Water Act (CWA). In Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, …
FL Ag Commissioner Bronson Formally Endorses Putnam
In a Putnam campaign memo today, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charlie Bronson (photo right) makes his endorsement official: Dear Fellow Floridians, For more than nine years I have served as Florida’s Commissioner of Agriculture and experienced the complexities and challenges facing our great state. Agriculture is Florida’s second largest industry and I urge everyone to remain focused on who we elect …