By MICHAEL PELTIER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, March 31, 2011……Lauded – and criticized – for their fiscal autonomy, water management districts would find their budgets determined by the Legislature and their spending approved by the governor under a pair of bills advancing Thursday in the House and Senate. More immediately, the districts would see their budgets …
Plantings Report Affects Markets
After yesterday’s planting intentions report came out the markets reacted as Tyron Spearman looks at how things were shook up a bit for some crops. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
Costlier Food
The food inflation rate is accelerating and Everett Griner tells us just how much, and why. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
EPA Planning New Pesticide Rules to Assist Pollinators
The Environmental Protection Agency is continuing to grapple with how to control the exposure of bees to pesticides. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
Peanut Acreage Down Other Crops Vary
USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service released their Planting Intentions report this morning as peanut acreage looks to be down this year while other crops vary. Tyron Spearman runs through the numbers. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
Cotton Planting Intentions are Up for a Second Year
USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service released their annual planting intentions reports this morning and Steve Maliszewski with NASS in Washington D.C. said the numbers are up again this year. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
Foreign Problems
Importing insects and diseases can be very costly. Everett Griner lets us know what USDA is trying to do about this massive problem. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
Argentina Peanut Crop Gets Rain & GA Peanut Farmers Reminded to Vote
Today Tyron Spearman updates how things are progressing with the peanut crop in Argentina along with reminding Georgia peanut growers to vote in the current referendum. Download Audio Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
Valent Introducing New Herbicide for 2012
Southeastern growers battling pig weed have often turned to Valor to help do the job and Frank Carey with Valent says they are now excited to announce the development of a new product to assist with pig weed as well as other noxious weeds. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata …
Scientists Use Common Parts to Monitor Pests
Using commercially available parts, USDA scientists and colleagues have developed a new automated system for detecting insects based on the peculiar sounds the insects make while moving. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024