From: Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam Friend, This week, I spoke at WATEC Israel 2015, a conference and exhibition that brings together government officials and business leaders from around the world to discuss the challenges facing the world’s water supply. The diversity of the event’s participants, who came from every corner of the world with varying degrees of conflict …
Micronutrient Overdoses on Citrus
Jude Grosser, professor of plant cell genetics at the Citrus Research and Education Center, has been conducting a greenhouse experiment to look at the effects of high concentrations of micronutrients on HLB-infected trees. Grosser said that while the results weren’t statistically significant, there were positive results from the treatments. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture …
Southeast AgNet This Week: WOTUS Injunction Granted; Peanut Proud Helps Flood Victims
This issue of Southeast AgNet This Week includes information on the nationwide Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) injunction that was granted, as well as a story on how Peanut Proud is helping victims of the flooding in South Carolina. Want to learn more? Click here to subscribe and view the current issue. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture …
Sen. Nelson Meets with Citrus Growers
This year’s citrus crop forecast left growers shocked with an all-Florida orange estimate of only 80 million boxes. In light of this estimate, Sen. Bill Nelson held a meeting with a group of citrus growers yesterday at the Florida Citrus Mutual headquarters. Sen. Nelson spoke with us after the meeting and gave some words of encouragement to the citrus industry. …
Mike Sparks on the Citrus Forecast
Last Friday’s citrus crop forecast shocked growers across the state with an all-Florida orange estimate of only 80 million boxes. Florida Citrus Mutual hosted an event at the Dark Hammock Legacy Ranch just outside of Lake Placid. AgNet Media’s Gary Cooper spoke with Florida Citrus Mutual’s Executive Vice President and CEO Mike Sparks, who said he thinks that fruit drop …
Peanut Proud Helping South Carolina Flood Victims
Peanut Proud just announced that they will be sending over 62,000 jars of peanut butter to Columbia, South Carolina to help victims of the recent flooding disaster. The peanut butter is arriving over the course of three days and will be delivered to the Harvest Hope Food Bank. We talked with Peanut Proud’s President Gregg Grimsley about how it will be …
FFA Members Reflect on Experiences
Recently, the National FFA Organization announced that membership is up three percent from 2014 and now stands at 629,367 students. The number of FFA chapters has also increased from 7,665 in 2014 to 7,757 in 2015. We talked with two members of the 2014-2015 Louisiana state officer team about how they got started in FFA. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets …
HCCGA Growers Optimistic About Citrus Forecast
Executive director of the Highlands County Citrus Growers Association, Ray Royce, spoke with us about what growers in his region are expecting from this year’s USDA citrus crop forecast. The forecast will be aired live from Southeast AgNet on citrus news affiliate stations and online at SoutheastAgNet.com. For more information on this year’s forecast and for a fill-in-the-blank crop chart, …
Disease in This Year’s Peanut Crop
This year’s peanut crop underwent a lot of stress from drought to disease. Despite the stresses, University of Georgia peanut agronomist, Dr. Scott Monfort, says this peanut crop should be a good one. We sat down with Monfort to discuss why disease was so prevalent. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed …
Indian River Citrus League Annual Meeting
The Indian River Citrus League held its 85th annual meeting yesterday in Vero Beach. Executive director of the league, Doug Bournique, moderated the event, which covered important issues such as water management and the state of citrus in the Indian River region. Bournique spoke with us afterwards about how he is hopeful about this year’s crop and he is interested …