Retail Trends for Fruits and Veggies

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Specialty Crops, Vegetables

Agriculture Department Economist, Ephriam Leibtag, gives us the recent retail price trends for fresh fruits and vegetables. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Acts As Catalyst For Timely ResearchSeptember 26, 2025

The Growth of Food Gardening

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Florida, General, Georgia, Vegetables

It is official. Bruce Butterfield with the National Gardening Association says that 2009 say a large increase in home food gardens. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Acts As Catalyst For Timely ResearchSeptember 26, 2025

Vilsack Attends Poultry Hearing in Alabama

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Georgia, Livestock, Poultry

Alabama A & M University in Normal, Alabama was the setting last Friday for a public workshop on competition and regulatory issues in the agriculture industry. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack was on hand for the event which focused on issues in the poultry industry. Download Audio News post sponsor: AGROTAIN® controls nitrogen loss for higher yields. Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding …

Trade With Cuba

Dan Agri View, Alabama, Cattle, Citrus, Cotton, Field Crops, Florida, Forestry, General, Georgia, Livestock, Nursery Crops, Peanuts, Specialty Crops, Sugar

The U.S. refuses to relax trade restrictions with Cuba and Everett Griner tells us why. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Acts As Catalyst For Timely ResearchSeptember 26, 2025

Ag in Review for the Week of May 17, 2010

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Beef, Cattle, Field Crops, Florida, General, Georgia, Livestock, Podcast

A highlight of agricultural news for this week from around the Southeast. To hear weekly reviews subscribe to our podcast . Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Acts As Catalyst For Timely ResearchSeptember 26, 2025

Weekly Livestock Market Report

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cattle, Florida, Georgia, Livestock

Here are the cattle market numbers for the week ending May 21st put together by the livestock market news service for the states of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. AL: Download Audio FL: Download Audio GA: Download Audio Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement …

Ensuring Consumers and Producers are Protected in Food Safety Bill

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Specialty Crops, Vegetables

With the Senate expected to take up their Food Safety Modernization Act after the Memorial Day break, Kelli Ludlum with the American Farm Bureau, says that they are trying to ensure that both consumers and growers will be protected in the bill. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …

Tax Break Extensions Could Bring Good News for Farmers

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Florida, General, Georgia

A compromised package of tax cuts and benefit extensions has been presented that changed a 31-billion dollar package of tax-cut extensions into one that could approach 200-billion dollars and includes assistance for disaster-stricken farmers. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …

Significance of New SNAP Program Signage

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Florida, General, Georgia

As previously reported, USDA has unveiled a new “We Welcome SNAP” sign which takes a different approach than the signs previously displayed by the nearly 200 thousand stores accepting SNAP benefits. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Acts As Catalyst …

Many Topics Discussed at Farm Bill Hearings

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Corn, Cotton, Field Crops, Florida, Georgia, Peanuts, Soybeans

Field hearings to review U.S. agriculture policy for the process of writing the 2012 Farm Bill have been underway the past few weeks, as Tyron Spearman looks at some of the topics discussed thus far. Download Audio News post sponsor: AGROTAIN® controls nitrogen loss for higher yields. Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida …