Gov. Charlie Crist, who has already perturbed the citrus industry by vetoing important research funding bills, is also very late in appointing members of the Florida Citrus Commission. Download Audio Post sponsor: Copper coverage with Less Metallic Copper per acre. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities …
Researcher Discusses HLB Protection For Young Citrus Trees
Research into better methods for protecting young citrus trees from HLB infection is promising, University of Florida entomologist Michael Rogers says in this report. Download Audio Post sponsor: Copper coverage with Less Metallic Copper per acre. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril …
Citus Expo Seminars Provide Info Growers Can Use Today
Experts speaking at the Aug. 18-19 Citrus Expo near Ft. Myers will tell growers how they can put the information presented at Expo to work in the grove immediately. Southeast AgNet’s Ernie Neff reports. Download Audio CLICK THE EXPO LOGO FOR PROGRAM DETAILS! Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …
Organic Protection
Questions about organic grown. There are cheaters and Everett Griner tells us who is watching them more. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided …
Cost of Cuts at Land Grant Universities – A Guest Column
This article is by Mark R. McLellan, Dean for Research, University of Florida/IFAS With the deepest recession since the 1930s, the decline in tax revenues, and the growing demand for emergency public services for unemployed workers and their families, state government budgets are in crisis. Not surprisingly, many states are freezing or even cutting their funding for some of the …
New Treatments For Citrus Pest Medfly Are Better Accepted
New products and methods for treating the Mediterranean fruit fly infestation in Palm Beach County are better accepted by local residents than the malathion sprays used in previous Medfly outbreaks, Division of Plant Industry spokesperson Denise Feiber says in this report. Download Audio Post sponsor: Copper coverage with Less Metallic Copper per acre. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding …
Browning Discusses HLB Progress, Citrus Management Areas
Former University of Florida citrus researcher and administrator Harold Browning in the first report tells how the Citrus Research and Development Foundation is doing in the fight against HLB in comparison to National Research Council recommendations. Download Audio In the second report, Browning addresses the importance of management areas in which growers cooperate in the control of HLB and the …
2012 Farm Bill
Everett Griner tells us today just how spending cuts will drive this new bill. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight …
No Finds of Citrus Pest Medfly Outside Boca Raton
It’s good news for the Florida citrus industry that there still have been no Mediterranean fruit fly finds outside of the original infestation site in Boca Raton as of early this week. Denise Feiber with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Service’s Division of Plant Industry provides a complete Medfly update. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides …
Citrus Expo Expands Events for Growers and Guests
With HLB (“citrus greening”) threatening Florida’s citrus industry, growers say they don’t want to hear about long-term research projects; they need answers now. That was the overwhelming input to Citrus Expo planners, which is why the team has assembled a comprehensive day-and-a-half seminar series, “Research to Real Life: Applying the Latest Citrus Science,” to help growers put practical information in …