David Westervelt, assistant chief of apiary with the Florida Department of Agriculture, reminds to be thankful for that pollen and bee that helps provide the food, fiber and many other products we use every day. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials …
Friends of IFAS Encouraged to Contact Congressman Regarding Budget
IFAS stakeholders are encouraged to lobby their representatives and senators, specifically House Subcommittee Agriculture Appropriations member, Congressman Tom Rooney, regarding the proposed FY 2014 budget. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Resources To …
Whiskey for Sustenance and Other Citrus Tales
How whiskey helped keep workers banking trees so they could be saved in the 1962 freeze was one of numerous citrus remembrances that growers and others shared in a Thursday evening program at Florida Southern College. The program, which attracted about 200, was called “A Celebration of Florida Citrus Through the Years.” Download Audio This citrus news post sponsored by: …
Food Labeling
If someone tells you that their crop was “organic ” would you know what they mean? Everett Griner discusses “organic” today. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Resources To Researchers For Applied ResearchJune …
Ag Secretary Explains USDA’s Proposed 2014 Budget
The proposed Fiscal Year 2014 budget for USDA has been released as Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack gives us a few highlights of the plan which includes less funding than this year. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026Florida …
Citrus Industry eNews: What Works in Boyd’s Cocktail; Crop Forecast
If you would like to receive this eNews directly via e-mail, please subscribe here. Citrus Industry eNews Exclusive sponsor: YaraLiva – Deliver More Profits Pound For Pound DON’T MISS THIS What Works in Citrus Grower Boyd’s HLB Cocktail Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or …
USDA Citrus Crop Forecast FL Valencia Oranges Down
The monthly USDA citrus crop forecast gave yet another change to the Florida Valencia oranges. Listen to the forecast and find out how much change and why. Download Audio To view a copy of the monthly USDA Citrus Crop Maturity Test Results and Fruit Size form CLICK HERE (.pdf format). The next monthly USDA citrus crop forecast will be webcast …
What Works in Citrus Grower Boyd’s HLB Cocktail
University of Florida researcher Bob Rouse discusses the elements of citrus grower Maury Boyd’s program that appear to do the most good in maintaining fruit production in the face of HLB. Rouse says some other growers have replicated Boyd’s success. Download Audio This citrus news post sponsored by: Rural America’s customer-owned lending partner. Phone toll free 1-800-432-4156 Click here to …
Hired Help
Everett Griner tells us how migrant labor is world-wide. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Resources To Researchers For Applied ResearchJune 12, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Encourages Research into Producers QuestionsJune 5, 2026
Keck to Head California Citrus Research Board
Ken Keck, former Florida Department of Citrus executive director, will become president of the California Citrus Research Board June 1. He discusses the job, which will in large part address HLB in California, and how the California board will interact with Florida’s citrus industry. Keck, also a Florida citrus grower, says he recently planted a new 20-acre citrus block and …