This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight is about consumer complaints received by his Department’s Division of Consumer Services. More information is available online by clicking on Top Consumer Complaints. Download Audio You can follow Commissioner Putnam on Facebook, Twitter, or Google+. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher …
Ag in Review for the Week of August 22, 2011
A highlight of agricultural news for this week from around the Southeast. To hear weekly reviews subscribe to our podcast. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, …
Monsanto Proving that Weed Free Fields are Still Possible
You can’t talk about cotton in the southeast without talking about glyphosate resistant pigweed, but Monsanto regional agronomist Ty Fowler says with a good management program clean fields are still a very real possibility. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World …
Water Management Districts to See More Funding Cuts
The Department of Environmental Protection has proposed cutting the budget of the state’s water management districts by another $700 million dollars next year. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides …
Dairy Herds Increasing
Hot temperatures and hot prices are two big factors in the dairy business this summer as Gary Crawford has the story. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials …
Tight Cattle Supplies Could Last for a While
Looking at overall cattle supplies, USDA livestock analyst Shayle Shagham explains why we could see a tight situation for some time to come. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides …
Using Mosquitoes to Stop the Spread of the Dengue Virus
Mosquitoes can spread a multitude of diseases, but now scientists have made progress in using those same mosquitoes to reign in some of the very diseases they are known to distribute. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, …
Peanut Harvest Underway in Parts of Florida
Peanut harvest has begun in some areas of Florida as I talked with Ken Barton with the Florida Peanut Producers Association about what they have seen thus far. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers …
NRCS Helping Limited Resource Farmers Address Conservation Concerns
In a previous report we discussed the awarding of the NRCS Conservation Innovation Grants. And one of the grant recipients, Glyen Holmes with the New North Florida Cooperative Association, explains how they hope to use ther funding to assist limited resource farmers. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida …
Peanut Growers Urged to Keep Up with Disease Control
The Northwest Florida Research and Education Center held their annual Extension Farm Field Day in Jay, Florida Thursday. At the event University of Georgia plant pathologist Bob Kemerait told peanut growers white mold has become a problem in parts of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune …