If you raise winter forages and would like to learn more about varieties, especially those planted under pivot, or not, or under a pivot spraying manure effluent in addition to water, plan to attend the North Florida Winter Forages Field Day March 3rd at the Suwannee Valley Extension Center farm between Live Oak and White Springs. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida …
Georgia Lawmakers Discuss Debit Cards and Wild Hogs
As we’ve passed the halfway point of the 2015 Georgia Legislative Session, Bryan Tolar with the Georgia Agribusiness Council says a couple of topics discussed this past week were debit cards and feral hogs. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, …
UF/IFAS Partners with USDA to Conduct Grant Workshop to Support Local Foods
From the University of Florida/IFAS: GAINESVILLE, Fla. – UF/IFAS Extension is working with federal partners to offer a workshop in Miami in April to help interested parties write and submit federal grant applications for the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion programs. UF/IFAS is part of a national effort to train people in attaining these grants. Workshops are being conducted …
Tuesday is PB&J Day in Georgia
This coming Tuesday, March 3rd, is PB&J Day in Georgia. Tyron Spearman reports is will be a big day for the peanut industry at the state capitol in Atlanta. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides …
Deadline to Update Yield History or Reallocate Base Acres
Here’s a reminder that today, February 27, is the deadline to update yield history or reallocate base acres, while March 31 is the deadline to make a one-time election of either ARC or PLC for the 2014 through 2018 crop years. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop …
USDA to Invest $84 Million to Help Communities in 13 States Recover from Natural Disasters
From the U.S. Department of Agriculture: WASHINGTON, Feb. 26, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service will invest an additional $84 million through the Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) to help disaster recovery efforts Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data …
Pleased with Free BQA Certification Opportunity
In our weekly BQA Quality Report, brought to you by your state and national checkoff funded Beef Quality Assurance programs, many folks were glad to hear that producers once again have an opportunity to become BQA certified for free online. Executive Director of Producer Education for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Josh White, is one of those. Download Audio Get …
University of Florida OKs 3 New Blueberry Cultivars, 3 New Coleus Cultivars
From the University of Florida/IFAS: GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Three new cultivars each of blueberry and coleus have been approved for release by a University of Florida panel. The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Cultivar Release Committee approved Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant …
Bayer CropScience Receives Approval for New Cotton and Peanut Insecticide
Bayer CropScience is excited to announce the registration and introduction of Velum® Total insecticide/nematicide, which delivers wide spectrum, long-lasting control of nematodes and early season insects. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To …
A Small, But Important Milestone for the Sheep Industry
For the many sheep producers, you will be glad to know the nation’s sheep industry has done something it hasn’t done in ten years. Gary Crawford has the story. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides …