A director of the Citrus Research and Development Foundation Tuesday asked if HLB research will continue at Immokalee in light of the University of Florida IFAS’ recent decision to transition a research and education center there to a new programming focus. Foundation Chief Operations Officer Harold Browning responds. Download Audio Sponsored ContentValley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every …
Citrus Grower-Beekeeper Presenters Talk
Peter McClure of Double K Groves and University of Florida bee expert Jamie Ellis were among presenters at a recent meeting of citrus growers and beekeepers intended to reduce potential exposures of bees to pesticides. In the first report, McClure presents his view of the issue as a grower. In the second report, Ellis notes that pesticides aren’t the biggest …
Changing Land
Our land is changing and, as Everett Griner tells us, affects everyone. Download Audio Sponsored ContentValley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026
A Miracle Needed for a Farm Bill by End of September
The current extension of the 2008 Farm Bill expires at the end of this month, and as Tyron Spearman says, it will take a miracle to get a new one put together by then. Download Audio Sponsored ContentValley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, …
Bayer to Help Fund Citrus Greening Research
At the Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association convention today, Bayer CropScience will formally announce a significant contribution that will ultimately go to the Citrus Research and Development Foundation to support HLB research. Bayer’s Rob Schrick, who manages the company’s horticultural business, reports on the background and amount of the contribution. Download Audio Sponsored ContentValley Helps Growers Get The Most Out …
Citrus Crop Forecast “LIVE” Statewide Broadcast/Webcast October 11th
(Southeast AgNet, Ocala, FL, September 23, 2013) The annual Citrus Crop Forecast from USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service (USDA/NASS) will be broadcast “live” for the 19th consecutive year at NOON Friday, October 11 on Southeast AgNet Radio Network and at www.southeastagnet.com. Southeast AgNet is again the exclusive radio network source for this “live” coverage, first begun in the mid 1990’s …
Reaction to Citrus Acreage Decline
Indian River area growers Cody Estes and George Hamner were on hand last week when the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that Florida’s citrus acreage has declined to the lowest level since the USDA began keeping track in 1966. Estes reacts to the acreage decline in the first report. In the second report, Hamner reacts to both the total acreage …
Unusual Process for Farm Bill
While we all wait to see just how and when a new farm bill will get put together, Tyron Spearman reports on how one House leader knows this has been an unusual process thus far. Download Audio Sponsored ContentValley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch …
SWFREC Is Not Closing but Transitioning to a New Role
UF Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) Office of the Senior Vice President Agriculture and Natural Resources Gainesville, FL (09/20/2013)…We write to share with you news about the future of the Southwest Florida Research and Education Center (SWFREC) in Immokalee, Florida. Our hope is to clarify some information and correct some misinformation that is circulating in the community. …
Ag in Review for the Week Ending September 20, 2013
A highlight of agricultural news for this week from around the Southeast. To hear weekly reviews subscribe to our podcast: Alabama Florida Georgia Sponsored ContentValley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, …