This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight is about the “Don’t Pack a Pest” public awareness campaign to inform travelers about the damage that harmful pests and diseases can inflict and urge them to declare their agricultural items for inspection when they travel. More information is available on the web site of the FDACS Division of Plant Industry by clicking on Don’t Pack …
More Agro-tourism
Everett Griner tells us how agro-tourism is continuing to grow. 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 and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026
Ag in Review for the Week of August 8, 2011
A highlight of agricultural news for this week from around the Southeast. To hear weekly reviews subscribe to our podcast. 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 …
Congress has a Full Plate After Recess
Robbie Minnich, with the National Cotton Council, says that Congress may be in their August recess but there are many outstanding issues to be addressed upon their return on September 6. 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 …
Drought Conditions May Continue
Tyron Spearman has information today how the current drought situation has affected certain parts of our country and the fact the long-range forecast does not provide much hope. 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 …
Ag Under Attack
Everett Griner tells us why agriculture needs a stronger defense. 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 and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026
USDA and DOE Fund 10 Research Projects to Accelerate Bioenergy Crop Production and Spur Economic Impact
VERO BEACH, Fla., Aug. 11, 2011 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack visited a waste-to-energy bioprocessing facility under construction in Florida today to announce that the Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Energy (DOE) have awarded 10 grants totaling $12.2 million to spur research into improving the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of growing biofuel and bioenergy crops. Sponsored ContentUnited Dairy Farmers of Florida …
Peanut Crop Estimated to be Down 13 Percent
USDA released their August crop estimates this morning and the peanut crop is forecast to be 13% less than last year’s as Tyron Spearman has those numbers along with estimates for this year’s corn, soybean, and cotton crops. Download Audio Sponsored ContentUnited Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight …
Drought the Story for the August Cotton Crop Report
USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service released their August acreage reports this morning and Steve Maliszewski with NASS in Washington D.C. gives us the details on how all this hot and dry weather is affecting the cotton crop. Download Audio Sponsored ContentUnited Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult …
Who Will Farm?
Everett Griner explains that the future of agriculture is in capable hands. 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 and Cattle ProducersMarch …