Humans Need Bees

Dan Environment, General

Cathy Isom has the latest buzz on why we need to pay more attention to bees. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Sponsored ContentCommitment From Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Members Seeks To Move Research ForwardDecember 5, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Support For Cattle Producers Regardless of Herd SizeNovember 28, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Expands the promotion and educational …

Interesting Debates Expected over New Farm Bill

Dan Environment, Farm Bill, General, Legislative

The next farm bill has been a major topic for many agriculture as conversations have been underway by commodity groups concerning issues that affect them. And while the next farm bill is not really expected until sometime in 2018, there are reports indicating some are considering writing a new farm bill to replace the current one and passing it a …

Senate Sets Course for St. Johns River Plan

Dan Environment, Industry News Release

From: News Service of Florida A proposal to steer money toward protecting the St. Johns River, along with its tributaries or lakes in the Keystone Heights region, may be set for smooth sailing in the Senate. Sponsored ContentCommitment From Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Members Seeks To Move Research ForwardDecember 5, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Support For Cattle Producers Regardless …

Evaluating Chemicals that May Pose Risk

Dan Environment, Industry News Release

New chemical law requires the agency to look at chemicals that were grandfathered in under old law The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving swiftly to propose how it will prioritize and evaluate chemicals, given that the final processes must be in place within the first year of the new law’s enactment, or before June 22, 2017. Sponsored ContentCommitment From …

Conserve Alabama Connecting Residents with Conservation Efforts

Dan Alabama, Environment

Over the past few months you’ve heard us mention “Conserve Alabama”, an effort to work with communities to conserve Alabama’s natural resources. Katy Sulhoff, executive director of the Alabama Association of Conservation Districts (AACD), explains how the programs work. Sponsored ContentCommitment From Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Members Seeks To Move Research ForwardDecember 5, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Support For …

USDA Announces $252 Million Available for Regional Conservation Partnership Program

Dan Environment, Industry News Release

Applications requested for innovative partner-driven projects Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack invited potential conservation partners, including private industry, non-government organizations, Indian tribes, state and local governments, water districts, and universities to submit project applications for federal funding through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). Sponsored ContentCommitment From Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Members Seeks To Move Research ForwardDecember 5, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement …

Senate Begins Weighing Negron’s Water Plan

Dan Environment, Florida, Industry News Release, Water

Buy Jim Turner, News Service of Florida Florida already has enough land for water storage south of Lake Okeechobee, the head of the South Florida Water Management District said Wednesday as lawmakers began to ponder a $2.4 billion water redirection proposal intended to reduce toxic algae blooms on the east and west coasts. Sponsored ContentCommitment From Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …

Syngenta Calls Palmer Amaranth No. 1 Weed to Watch For

Dan Environment, Industry News Release

Syngenta agronomists are calling last year’s most noxious weed, Palmer Amaranth, the number one weed to watch for in 2017. It’s continuing to spread north into new states and shows resistance to multiple herbicide modes of action. Sponsored ContentCommitment From Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Members Seeks To Move Research ForwardDecember 5, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Support For Cattle Producers …

Ag in Review for the Week Ending January 6, 2017

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cattle, Environment, Field Crops, Florida, Forestry, Fruits, General, Georgia, Livestock, Peanuts, Podcast, Specialty Crops, USDA-NRCS, Vegetables

In our recap of agricultural news from around the Southeast for the week ending January 6, we have a report from the annual Southeast Regional Fruit and Vegetable Conference, talk about the Longleaf Initiative, have information about the introduction of peanut products to infants, politics and the farm bill, Sponsored ContentCommitment From Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Members Seeks To Move …

Judge Tosses Pollution Notification Rule

Dan Environment, Florida, Industry News Release

By Jim Saunders The News Service of Florida THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, December 30, 2016… In a victory for business groups, an administrative law judge Friday ruled that the Florida Department of Environmental Protection overstepped its authority in proposing new requirements for notifying the public when pollution occurs. Sponsored ContentCommitment From Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Members Seeks To Move Research ForwardDecember …