Today’s issue of Citrus Industry This Week includes interviews from University of Florida researcher Arnold Schumann about citrus undercover and University of Florida researcher Tripti Vashisth about pruning to rehabilitate HLB-infected trees. Want to learn more? Click here to subscribe. Click here to subscribe to the monthly Citrus Industry magazine. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development …
Senate Passes Resolution to Withdraw WOTUS Rule
On Tuesday, the Senate failed to pass S. 1140, the Federal Water Quality Protection Act, a bill that would have halted the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineer’s Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule. But today, the Senate passed S.J. Res. 22, a joint resolution of disapproval of WOTUS. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps …
Commissioner Adam Putnam’s Statement on Passage of Water Policy Bill by Senate Committee
From the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services: TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam H. Putnam today issued the following statement regarding the passage of a comprehensive water policy bill by the Florida Senate’s Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation. The committee unanimously passed Senate Bill 552, which was brought forth by Committee Chairman Charlie Dean. The …
Repeal of WOTUS Rule in Senate Fails
A bill many in agriculture had hoped would repeal the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Waters of the United States rule (WOTUS) fell three votes short of the 60 required to pass it this afternoon in the U.S. Senate. The vote on S. 1140 failed 57-41. The bill would have required the administration to write a new rule. But had it …
Southeast AgNet This Week: Georgia Student on National FFA Officer Team; No Convincing Tie with Red Meat to Cancer
Today’s issue of Southeast AgNet This Week includes an interview with Abbey Gretsch, the newly elected national FFA southern region vice president, as well as a information on the lack of associations between red meat and cancer. Want to learn more? Click here to subscribe and view the current issue. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management …
State of the University of Florida/IFAS
Dr. Jack Payne, University of Florida’s senior vice president for Agriculture and Natural Resources, recently gave his annual State of IFAS (Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences) address. And he said they made a real big deal of it because the state of IFAS is so strong. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and …
WOTUS Senate Vote Scheduled Tuesday Afternoon
A key procedural Senate vote is on the schedule this afternoon for the Federal Water Quality Protection Act. The act will effectively end the Clean Water Rule or “Waters of the US” rule by the Environmental Protection Agency. The cloture vote needs 60 votes to move on to full debate. While Senate Republicans back the measure, they only control 54 …
Pruning to Rehabilitate HLB-Infected Citrus Trees
Pruning to rehabilitate HLB-infected citrus trees is discussed by University of Florida researcher Tripti Vashisth. Her topics include the theory behind different levels of pruning, nutrition and thermotherapy. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle IndustryFebruary …
Earn a Core CEU in Citrus Industry Magazine
Earn one Core continuing education unit (CEU) by reading the Citrus Industry article, “Developing a successful pest management program,” and passing the accompanying test. The article, authored by University of Florida’s Stephen H. Futch and Parker Platts, is now available online and will appear in the November 2015 issue of Citrus Industry magazine. This CEU will be valid for up …
Student from Georgia Elected to Serve on National FFA Officer Team
From the National FFA Organization: INDIANAPOLIS (Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015/National FFA Organization) – Students from Arkansas, Tennessee, Ohio, Iowa, Georgia and Utah have been elected by delegates from throughout the United States to serve on the 2015-16 National FFA Officer Team. Taylor McNeel of Arkansas, an agricultural business major at Southern Arkansas University, was elected president. Nick Baker of Tennessee, …