This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is about veterinarians and animal health technicians who work under the State Agricultural Response Team (SART) umbrella volunteering their time and skills to assist local, state, and national emergency response teams during disasters. More information is available on line by clicking on Florida Veterinary Corps. Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New …
FL Commissioner’s Spotlight on SART
This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is about the State Agricultural Response Team (SART), a group of government agencies, private groups and individuals working together to plan for and respond to animal and agricultural related disasters. To view a flash video about the program, click on SART. To visit the Florida SART web site, click on …
Laurel Wilt Disease Confirmed on Homestead Avocado Sample
TALLAHASSEE – (FDACS)- Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson has announced the confirmation of laurel wilt disease in an avocado sample from Homestead. This find represents the first laurel wilt confirmation in a commercial avocado-growing area. “This find is alarming for the avocado industry,” Bronson said. “Since laurel wilt disease was first found in North Florida, the …
FL Commissioner’s Spotlight on the New Oyster Irradiation Facility
This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is about the recent licensing of an irradiation facility in Mulberry to irradiate oyster products. The process will reduce potentially harmful bacteria such as Vibrio vulnificus without altering the flavor and appearance of live, raw oysters. More information is available online at Food Irradiation Facility For Oyster Processing. Sponsored ContentNuseed …
FL Commissioner’s Spotlight on Vesicular Stomatitis
This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is on the identification of cases of vesicular stomatitis in Texas and New Mexico last month and the restrictions placed on the importation of certain animals into Florida from those states. More information is available on the Florida Division of Animal Industry web site of by clicking on Animal Import …
FL Commissioner’s Spotlight on EP Eradication
This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is about the eradication of Equine Piroplasmosis, a blood-borne disease primarily transmitted to horses by ticks or contaminated needles. Click on EP Eradicated for more information. Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundJuly 31, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
FL Commissioner’s Spotlight on FL Peach Varieties
This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is about new varieties of delicious and juicy early-season peaches — developed by University of Florida researchers with cooperation from Florida’s growers — that were specifically created to prosper in Florida’s warmer climates. More information about the peaches can be found on the web by clicking on Sweet News For …
FL Commissioner’s Spotlight on 4th of July Fire Safety
This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is urging the public to be especially careful with outdoor cooking, trash burning and fireworks over the 4th of July holiday weekend. More information about fire safety is available on the web site of the Florida Division of Forestry. Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundJuly 31, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly …
FL Commissioner’s Spotlight on Southern Pine Beetle Prevention Program
This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is about the Southern Pine Beetle Prevention Cost-Share Program, which offers partial cost reimbursement to eligible landowners for pre-commercial thinning, prescribed burning, planting longleaf pine, and mechanical underbrush treatments … and an incentive payment for conducting a first pulpwood thinning. Information on how to apply to the program is available …
FL Commissioner’s Spotlight on Redbay Ambrosia Beetle
This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is warning about the threat to avocado and redbay trees of the Redbay Ambrosia Beetle and the Laurel Wilt disease caused by the insect pest. More information is available from the FDACS Division of Plant Industry web site by clicking on Laurel Wilt. Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundJuly 31, …