From the News Service of Florida: THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, August 24, 2011…….Having kicked sugar and cut up the credit card, water management districts submitted a budget proposal that is $700 million leaner without jeopardizing critical water supply and Everglades restoration efforts, state officials and a key environment group said Wednesday. Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Herschel Vinyard said decisions to …
Man Sentenced for Killing Florida Panther in Georgia
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that David Adams, 60, formerly of Newnan, Georgia, was sentenced today in United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, after pleading guilty to the unlawful take of a Florida panther, a species listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Sponsored ContentUnited Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch …
GA Cotton Producers in Need of Statewide Rain Event
Even though Georgia cotton producers have struggled with drought conditions this season, Georgia Cotton Commission’s Richey Seaton says our growers have been more fortunate than some others. Download Audio Sponsored ContentUnited Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out …
U.S. Peanut Exports Continue Strong & Ag Calendar
Exports of U.S. peanuts continue to be strong as Tyron Spearman has an update on the latest numbers along with information about a few events taking place yet this week. Exports: Download Audio Events: Download Audio Sponsored ContentUnited Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, …
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Everett Griner explains that you have to know how to grow them or don’t try. Download Audio Sponsored ContentUnited Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers …
GA Cotton Producers Participate in Producer Information Exchange
MEMPHIS –Eleven cotton producers from Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia will see cotton operations in Texas August 21-25 as part of the 2011 National Cotton Council’s Producer Information Exchange (P.I.E.). Upon completion of this year’s four tours, the P.I.E. will have exposed more than 900 U.S. cotton producers to innovative production practices in regions different than their own. …
AL Crops Seeing an Increase in Insect Pressures
The Alabama field office of the National Ag Statistics Service is reporting that insect and disease populations are now on the rise. Download Audio Sponsored ContentUnited Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026Florida …
Southern Drought Continues to Affect Crop Condition
USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey says the southern drought continues to take a toll on a number of crops with cotton leading the pack. Download Audio Sponsored ContentUnited Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, …
Peanut Crop Prospects are Dimming
Dry weather conditions over a large part of the peanut growing areas this season have led to projections of lesser crop than what was first predicted as Tyron Spearman has the details. Download Audio Sponsored ContentUnited Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps …
U.S. Trade Representative Says Time for FTA Passage Has Come
U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk says he believes the passage of the South Korea, Columbia and Panama Free Trade Agreements will result in market gains for agriculture. Download Audio Sponsored ContentUnited Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out …