Farm Bureau develops its policies from the grass roots up. Florida Farm Bureau has organized County Farm Bureaus in nearly every Florida county. Once each year County Presidents, farmers themselves, participate in this event aimed at keeping county leaders informed and engaged in helping to represent their members statewide. Florida Farm Bureau’s two-day “Council of Presidents” has a full house …
Former S E AgNet Broadcaster Lee McCoy Inducted to Hall of Fame
Former Southeast AgNet farm broadcaster, the late Lee V. McCoy was inducted into the National Farm Broadcasting Hall of Fame by the National Association of Farm Broadcasting at its annual meeting this week in Kansas City. Known by many of his friends and associates as “The Real McCoy”, Lee worked for this network for nearly ten years before losing his …
Citrus Referendum Conference Call 11/12/09: Website Audio Stream
Southeast AgNet will provide a listen-only audio stream of the November 12 conference call being hosted by Florida Citrus Mutual, to discuss the upcoming Florida Citrus Research Order Referendum. The call is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. eastern time Thursday, November 12. Anyone wishing to call in questions or monitor the conference call via phone should call toll-free at that time …
FL Farm Bureau Convention Draws Large Farm Crowd & Candidates
Florida Farm Bureau’s convention in Daytona Beach this week drew a strong delegation of farmers and ranchers from nearly every county in Florida. It also attracted a number of political candidates from multiple statewide races. In this first report, FFB President John Hoblick discusses the situation with EPA and possible new water regulations that have Florida agriculturists very concerned. In …
FL Citrus Mutual Encouraged for Growers, Market & Retail Sales
In this report, comments from Florida Citrus Mutual executive Mike Sparks., who says the October USDA crop forecast is good for growers. Sparks says it should be a good season for Florida growers if Brazil does not dump lots of juice into the U S market, and if processors don’t jack up the price at retail, which would allow U. …
FL Dept of Citrus Ad Agency Search Committee Meeting Report
This report has a general overview of the conference call of the Florida Department of Citrus Advertising Agency Evaluation Committee. The committee met this week via conference call to discuss issues related to the search for a new advertising agency for the Florida Dept of Citrus account. Post sponsorCopper coverage with Less Metallic Copper/acre. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly …
UF/IFAS/CREC Citrus Research Newsletter: October 2009 Issue
Here is the latest citrus industry research update from UF’s Citrus Research and Education Center in Lake Alfred. (pdf file) Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
IT’S OFFICIAL! USDA Amends Citrus Canker Regulations
Southeast AgNet broke this story first a couple days ago here on this website. Today it became official with this news release directly from USDA/APHIS: WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2009–The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today announced that it is amending its citrus canker regulations to allow fruit from quarantined areas to be shipped to …
Growers/Packers Move Forward w/ New Citrus Canker Shipping Rule
Florida citrus growers, packers, shippers, and their customers in other U. S. citrus producing states and territories celebrate a new USDA rule allowing Florida fruit to return to those markets. Vero Beach grower-packer-shipper Dan Richey at Riverfront Packing says the new rule took unprecedented collaboration among many people and entities to accomplish. In this brief and timely interview with Southeast …
FFBF October South Florida Ag Report
Thanks to Florida Farm Bureau Asst Dir of Gov’t and Community Affairs, Charlie Shinn for this report. The report covers the folllowing: WRAC, Project & Lands Committee Both Endorse Dispersed Storage Governing Board Passes Resolution to Protect South Dade Growers Lake Okeechobee Level Starts Dry Weather Recession Monthly Reports Available on Florida Farm Bureau Federation’s Website Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® …