Estate Tax Extension Blocked

Recently the House passed a one-year extension of current rates for the estate tax, but it now appears the tax law will expire at the end of the year as Senate Republicans blocked efforts to renew it. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New …

Citrus Commission Gets Message From House Speaker Designate

In this report, Florida House Speaker Designate Dean Cannon summarizes his remarks to the Florida Citrus Commission this week. Post sponsor: Copper coverage with Less Metallic Copper per acre. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers …

Citrus Research Chief Gunter Shares Plans For HLB

Dan Gunter, newly chosen chief operating officer of the Citrus Research and Development Foundation, in these reports tells why he wanted the job and discusses his plans for helping the industry find solutions to greening disease. Post sponsor: Copper coverage with Less Metallic Copper per acre. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune …

Food Rip-offs

Packaging policies are costly to consumers. Everett Griner explains just how costly and why. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida 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, 2026

Citrus Commission Praised; Streamlines Itself

Dean Cannon, Florida House Speaker Designate, praises the Florida Citrus Commission for funding and regulating its own activities and says he’ll always work to protect its research and marketing funds. During the meeting in its new Bartow headquarters, the commission takes steps to streamline future meetings, beginning in January. Southeast AgNet’s Ernie Neff has the report. Post sponsor: Copper coverage …

Estate Tax Exemption in Question

As the first of the year nears, Congress still does not have an agreement on preventing the estate tax from expiring. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June …

Citrus Research Foundation Chooses Gunter As COO

Dan Gunter, former executive director of the Florida Department of Citrus, is tapped to become the Citrus Research and Development Foundation’s chief operating officer, probably in January. Southeast AgNet’s Ernie Neff has the report. Post Sponsor: Copper coverage w/Less Metallic Copper/acre Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …

FL Citrus Mutual Invites California Growers to Join Research Effort

FL Citrus Mutual Executive Mike Sparks in these reports discusses a recent trip to California where he and Florida grower Peter McClure discussed HLB, and invited western growers to join research funding efforts. A new find of HLB within a few hundred miles of California citrus, in Mexico, is adding to the anxiousness of California growers as they also battle …

America Slipping

Global agriculture poses a threat and Everett Griner tells us just what is happening. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida 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, 2026

Research Foundation, Citrus Commission Making News

The Citrus Research and Development Foundation Tuesday will interview three Chief Operating Officer finalists; the person chosen will head this group that will soon administer research funds. In an historic move, the Florida Citrus Commission Wednesday will meet in Bartow, where the Florida Department of Citrus will soon be housed; this comes after 70-plus years of meetings in Lakeland. Southeast …