Spokesman Philip Hayes for the American Sugar Alliance spends a good deal of his time these days spreading the factual word about sugar’s position in U. S. Farm Policy. Armed with new data about huge profits in the candy industry, Hayes says sugar farmers remain under attack by forces who want to continue to grow their own profits at the …
AFBF: Historic Farm Bill Markup Sessions Now Underway
The Senate Agriculture Committee’s Farm Bill mark up session presently underway, to be followed by the House Ag Committee’s mark up session on the Bill this Wednesday, is sure to make for some red eyed late hours for many lawmakers and others who are tuned in to agricultural issues on Capitol Hill. One of the most knowledgable folks we know …
Farm Bill Markup This Week in Congress – Rep. Yoho Comments
Changes in some Congressional committee assignments in recent months leaves just one Florida member on the Agriculture Committee in the U. S. House of Representatives. AgNet is in Washington D. C. this week for some farm news gathering, sitting down first with Congressman Ted Yoho (R) from District 3, which encompasses a large area of North Central Florida. Yoho explains …
Water and Land Amendment Backers Await Legal Review
From NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA (Tallahassee) – The coalition seeking to put funding for Florida Everglades’ preservation and other state water projects into the state Constitution have Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
Florida Agriculture – 500 Years in the Making: The Series Continues
In this writing, Florida’s Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam continues his educational outreach effort to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the April 2, 1513 landing of Juan Ponce de León on our shores, and the impact that arrival has had on our state’s rich agricultural history. This is a real treat for anyone interested in the real story behind the …
CCA Classes Keep Crop Advisors In The Know
Certified Crop Advisors (CCAs) play an important role in agriculture, advising growers on the latest methods, products and issues, helping them deal with a growing list of challenges in the field. As Conrad Lavender of Southern Agribusiness Services explains in this interview with Southeast AgNet, Certified Crop Advisors spend Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober …
Under Secretary Dallas Tonsager Departs USDA
WASHINGTON, March 27, 2013 – (USDA) – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Agriculture Under Secretary Dallas Tonsager today made the following statements on Under Secretary Tonsager’s departure from USDA: Statement from Under Secretary Dallas Tonsager Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
Environmentalists, Farmers Strike Deal on Everglades
By Brandon Larrabee news@newsserviceflorida.com THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, March 21, 2013 – The fight over the Everglades in the 2013 legislative session ended up being relatively short-lived, as the agricultural industry, environmentalists and lawmakers Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
EPA Approves Expansion of Florida’s Control Over Water Standards
From: The News Service of Florida – Florida’s control over water standard levels would expand to nearly all of its waterways under an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday. The deal, which expands upon an agreement reached in November, would give the Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: …
Former Dade County Farm Bureau Exec Now Lawmaker – Q & A
The News Service of Florida caught up with former Dade County Farm Bureau Executive Director, Katie Edwards, to ask her a few questions now that she is one of the newest members of the Florida Legislature. News Service of Florida covers the overall newsbeat, particularly state government goings on in Tallahassee, and Southeast AgNet is subscribed to the service to …