Florida Citrus Crop and Weather Update

Ernie Neff Citrus, Florida

The National Agricultural Statistics Service reports that a new Florida Automated Weather Network (FAWN) station is online in the citrus belt, and that oranges are golf ball-size and larger in well-maintained groves. Download Audio Citrus Expo 2013-FREE admission for bona fide growers, grove owners and decision-makers! Focusing on Citrus Psyllid & HLB education. Learn More and Pre-Register Now! Sponsored ContentFlorida …

USDA Researchers Discuss Fungicide Studies in Bee Research

Dan Citrus, Corn, Cotton, Field Crops, Florida, Forestry, Fruits, General, Nursery Crops, Peanuts, Soybeans, Specialty Crops, Sugar, Vegetables

In this report, Entomologist Jeff Pettis at USDA’s Agriculture Research Service facilities in Maryland explains findings of a new research project that studies fungicides, as one of many factors that may be coming together to challenge Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, …

Citrus Industry E-news: Citrus SWAT Team; ‘Citrus Freeze’

Tacy Callies Citrus, Florida

This week’s issue of the Citrus Industry eNews Exclusive includes information on a new citrus SWAT team being established and research on cryopreserving citrus buds. Want to learn more? Click here to subscribe and view the current issue. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every …

The New Wave of Agricultural Technology

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Farming practices has come a long way from the old mule and plow days and now farmers may not even need to be outside with unmanned aircraft equipped with imaging sensors and other new technologies aiming to make farming even more efficient. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers …

It’s COOL

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Everett Griner talks today about how COOL protects our food quality. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley 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 …

Growers Might Approve of This ‘Citrus Freeze’

Ernie Neff Citrus, Florida

USDA scientists are cryopreserving, or freezing, citrus buds to create a long-term genebank for important citrus varieties. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley 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 …

Detecting Earthquakes with Ants

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It seems that the newest device to detect earthquakes may not be a new high-tech device but ants. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley 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 …

Citrus Foundation Calls in SWAT Team

Ernie Neff Citrus, Florida

The Citrus Research and Development Foundation agrees to create a SWAT team and approves other measures intended to get HLB solutions into groves. Download Audio Citrus Expo 2013-FREE admission for bona fide growers, grove owners and decision-makers! Focusing on Citrus Psyllid & HLB education. Learn More and Pre-Register Now! Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming …

Florida FFA Foundation Has A Unique Spot for All Types of Retreats

Gary Cooper Cattle, Citrus, Florida, General, Specialty Crops

We recently caught up with Florida FFA Foundation Executive Director Gary Bartley to discuss one of the most unique country retreat settings Florida has to offer. It is set up primarily for FFA leadership training and youth groups of course, but also available for company or private retreats of all kinds. Hear all about it in this interview, and learn …

History of Land Grant Universities

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Abraham Lincoln called the land grant university system in America the engine to drive the American economy – a prediction that has proven true over time. Rod Bain looks at the history and importance of this education system in a two part series – starting with part one in this edition of “Agriculture USA”. Here is Rod Bain and USDA …