I realize this post is unusual, but my wife Robin and I here at AgNet headquarters are trying to help find a good home for a wonderful puppy, presently staying at our vet’s office. We would love to have the dog but just adding a fourth rescued puppy to our own home recently, along with our four rescued cats too, …
Citrus Black Spot Featured on New UF/IFAS Webpage
The citrus black spot webpage is now available on the University of Florida Citrus Research and Education Center website (www.crec.ifas.ufl.edu). It is located underneath the extension section or you may visit it directly at http://www.crec.ifas.ufl.edu/extension/black_spot/citrus_black_spot.htm Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
Cost of Cuts at Land Grant Universities – A Guest Column
This article is by Mark R. McLellan, Dean for Research, University of Florida/IFAS With the deepest recession since the 1930s, the decline in tax revenues, and the growing demand for emergency public services for unemployed workers and their families, state government budgets are in crisis. Not surprisingly, many states are freezing or even cutting their funding for some of the …
“Nutrients for Life” Awards FL FFA for “Helping Communities Grow”
Nutrients for Life Foundation Announces Winners of the Florida FFA “Helping Communities Grow” Chapter Recognition Program – Bronson, Roosevelt and Eisenhower Chapters Take Top Honors ORLANDO, FL – Nutrients for Life Foundation and Florida FFA announced winners of the “Helping Communities Grow” chapter recognition program today at the 82nd Florida FFA State Convention & Leadership Conference. First place was awarded …
FL’s Putnam: The Race, The Politics, The Oil – “Teachable Moment”
While the Agriculture Commissioner’s race in Florida is not the headliner, the office remains one of the most important in state government and is critical to the state’s agriculture industry. It has oversight responsibilities that touch every Floridian directly in some way. Southeast AgNet caught up with Adam Putnam recently on the campaign trail, not a hard thing to do …
Florida Provides for Increased Apalachicola Bay Oyster Production
(TALLAHASSEE/FDACS)– Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson and Chairman Rodney Barreto of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) today announced that both the winter and summer oyster harvesting areas in the Apalachicola Bay System will be opened for harvest seven days per week through August 31, 2010. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, …
Florida Farm Bureau Pleased Rooney Achieves Ag Committee Appt
(Fl Farm Bureau – Gainesville, Fla.) – Yesterday, Rep. Tom Rooney (R-16, photo left) was appointed to serve on the House Committee on Agriculture, becoming the only Florida member to serve on that body. “This is great news,” said John L. Hoblick (photo right), president of Florida Farm Bureau Federation. “The Agriculture Committee impacts our industry in so many ways …
Farm Bureau South Florida Report: EPA Numeric Nutrient Update
This in today from Florida Farm Bureau’s Charlie Shinn, who keeps pretty close tabs on water goings on in the south Florida region. EPA Extends Deadlines for Enacting New Numeric Nutrient Criteria in South Florida Waters including Canals On June 7, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Plaintiffs in the numeric nutrient litigation filed a notice of extension of …
FL Ag Commissioner Bronson: Drill Backers Misled on Safety
(News Service of Florida): Agriculture Commissioner Charlie Bronson said he still feels the nation’s energy supply needs oil, but said he and others who had pushed for new drilling were misled about the likelihood of a spill like the one currently threatening the Gulf Coast. “I was one of the ones who said we ought to be looking at drilling …
Florida Citrus Mutual “Citrus Conference” Begins
Florida Citrus Mutual’s annual Citrus Conference kicks off this evening, scheduled to end Friday afternoon. The event will include receptions, a banquet, entertainment and a three hour seminar session for growers on Thursday morning. It’s being held at the Hyatt Regency at Coconut Point in Bonita Springs. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst …