You can help stop the Water Tax on Florida by signing the Numeric Nutrient Criteria on-line petition. Many agricultural groups in Florida are encouraging residents to sign the petition to reach the 5000 signatures needed for President Obama to review the regulation. Download Audio And you can sign the petition here Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role In …
Giant African Land Snail Spotted in Miami-Dade
A population of Giant African land snails has been indentified in Miami-Dade County. The invasive species is one of the most damaging snails in the world. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role In Applied Beef Cattle ResearchOctober 17, 2025FCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober …
Hot and Dry Conditions Kept Insect Pressure Low for Cotton Crop
The hot and dry weather this summer has proved challenging for Georgia’s cotton crop, but UGA Entomologist Philip Roberts says the bright side is that it has been a challenge for pest as well. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role In Applied Beef Cattle ResearchOctober 17, 2025FCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober …
Some Peanuts Harvested at Sunbelt Ag Expo
Sunbelt Ag Expo’s Chip Blalock said while the peanut and cotton crops on their farm look good, they’ve had to put a lot of water out this year due to the extremely dry conditions. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role In Applied Beef Cattle ResearchOctober 17, 2025FCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober …
FFB Encouraging Producers to Sign Numeric Nutrient Criteria Petition
ISSUE: The EPA’s Numeric Nutrient Criteria regulations are expected to cost Floridians billions of dollars and we need the White House to intervene. The Obama Administration has said that it will review petitions that attract enough support and ensure it is sent to the appropriate policy experts and issued an official response. IMPACT: In order to gain the White House’s …
Ag Research
In the time of budget cuts, Everett Griner tells us about the cuts being faced in agriculture research. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role In Applied Beef Cattle ResearchOctober 17, 2025FCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025
Cotton Board Lip Balm Donated to Troops in Iraq
The Cotton Board is donating nearly two-thousand of their popular lip balms to a U.S. platoon serving in Iraq. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role In Applied Beef Cattle ResearchOctober 17, 2025FCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025
FFB Keeping a Close Eye on Issues on the State and Federal Level
Florida Farm Bureau Assistant Director of Ag Policy, Andrew Walmsley, says they have been keeping a close eye on a multitude of issues here in the state as well as in Washington D.C. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role In Applied Beef Cattle ResearchOctober 17, 2025FCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, …
Resistant Weeds
Pigweed, Goose-grass is two weeds becoming herbicide resistant. Everett Griner tells us why. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Major Role In Applied Beef Cattle ResearchOctober 17, 2025FCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025
RFA Responds to Tight Feed Supplies Being Blamed on Ethanol
While the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry considers the concerns of livestock and poultry producers about feed availability and their claims that ethanol is to blame, Matt Hartwig with the Renewable Fuels Association says the ethanol industry will produce almost 40 million metric tons of livestock feed this year in the form of distillers grains, which is …