As National Pollinator Week wraps up, we have a report about a finding of honeybees in the African Desert that have been isolated for the last 10,000 years. Download Audio News post sponsor: AGROTAIN® controls nitrogen loss for higher yields. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Allows Viable Research in the Cattle IndustryFebruary 6, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Track Record Well …
NCBA President on Governance Structure Progress
NCBA President Steve Foglesong, while speaking this week at the Florida Cattlemen’s Association Convention, said they are now working to get copies of those bylaws concerning the governance structure worked up and out to cattlemen across the country by hopefully next week. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Allows Viable Research in the Cattle IndustryFebruary 6, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …
Emergency Loans Available & Senate to Hold Farm Bill Hearing
There are still emergency loans available for growers in certain areas, as Tyron Spearman has information on what’s available along with a reminder about an upcoming farm bill hearing. Loans: Download Audio Hearing: Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Allows Viable Research in the Cattle IndustryFebruary 6, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Track Record Well Received By LegislatorsJanuary 30, 2026Florida …
Organic Protection
Questions about organic grown. There are cheaters and Everett Griner tells us who is watching them more. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Allows Viable Research in the Cattle IndustryFebruary 6, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Track Record Well Received By LegislatorsJanuary 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Supports Beef Education and Promotion ProgramsJanuary 23, 2026Florida Cattle Producers Proactive In Research …
NRCS Encourages Producers to Look into the New CSP
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service wants to encourage producers who have not yet signed up for the Conservation Stewardship Program to take another look at the program. As NRCS Chief Dave White says their have been many changes made to make the program more farmer friendly. Download Audio The deadline for 2010 funding for CSP is Friday, June 25, 2010. …
FDA Survey to Focus on Emotional Response to Recalls
The FDA will conduct a survey on Consumers’ Emotional and Cognitive Reactions to Food Recalls in order to help the agency understand the emotional response to food recalls and ultimately design more effective consumer food recall messages. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Allows Viable Research in the Cattle IndustryFebruary 6, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Track Record Well Received …
Say Cheese Please
As we continue to celebrate National Dairy Month we use this report to discuss the tasty role cheese plays in the diets of many consumers. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Allows Viable Research in the Cattle IndustryFebruary 6, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Track Record Well Received By LegislatorsJanuary 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Supports Beef Education and Promotion …
No Ban on Peanuts
It was announced today that there will not be a ban of peanuts on airlines anytime soon, as Tyron Spearman has the details. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Allows Viable Research in the Cattle IndustryFebruary 6, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Track Record Well Received By LegislatorsJanuary 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Supports Beef Education and Promotion ProgramsJanuary 23, …
AL Getting Beef Message to Dieticians
Ed Whatley with the Alabama cattlemen’s Association says they work each year with dieticians across the state to get them the information needed to promote the healthy benefits of beef. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Allows Viable Research in the Cattle IndustryFebruary 6, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Track Record Well Received By LegislatorsJanuary 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …
Cost of Cuts at Land Grant Universities – A Guest Column
This article is by Mark R. McLellan, Dean for Research, University of Florida/IFAS With the deepest recession since the 1930s, the decline in tax revenues, and the growing demand for emergency public services for unemployed workers and their families, state government budgets are in crisis. Not surprisingly, many states are freezing or even cutting their funding for some of the …