Day two of the Sunbelt Ag Expo started off drizzly with a cold wind but that hasn’t stopped folks from attending as the crowd has grown steadily throughout the day. But the rain from yesterday combined with rains from last week have made their mark as I talked with Executive Director Chip Blalock on how it has affected everything from …
Budget Cuts Continue to Rule FL Legislative Discussions
It looks like budget cuts will continue to be the talk of Florida’s Legislative Session set to start January 10, 2012 and Mary Ann Gosa, director of government affairs for IFAS, says they will once again be fighting to ensure funding remains available to fulfill their core mission. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance …
Beef Checkoff Helping to Keep Demand High
In this weeks “Getting to know your beef checkoff” brought to you by the beef checkoff, Roger West from Gainesville, Florida says if it wasn’t for the checkoff the beef industry would not be where it is today. Download Audio To learn more about your beef checkoff go to mybeefcheckoff.com. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance …
AL, FL and GA Receive Specialty Crop Funding
USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture recently announced 29 grants across 19 states to develop and share science-based tools to address the needs of America’s specialty crop industry. The following reports have more info regarding the efforts in Alabama, Florida and Georgia. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between …
CHMAs Help Citrus Growers Battle HLB; Could Have Other Uses
Greg Carlton, chief of the Division of Plant Industry’s Bureau of Pest Eradication and Control, provides an update on the Citrus Health Management Areas (CHMAs) that let citrus growers cooperatively battle HLB-spreading psyllids. He says CHMAs could provide the framework for battling future industry pests and diseases as well. Download Audio News post sponsor: Got Labor? Need Labor? Phone toll …
Sunbelt Ag Expo Day 2
It’s day two of the annual Sunbelt Ag Expo which should be a much drier day than yesterday, as while it didn’t rain all day, we did see considerable shower activity for the first day of this year’s event. But many things still took place as Tyron Spearman looks at yesterday’s highlights and some of the things you can expect …
With Respect
Everett Griner tells us today how Americans view other Americans. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril …
Sunbelt Ag Expo Recognizes Farmers of the Year
Sunbelt Ag Expo and Swisher Sweets crowned a new Southeastern Farmer of the year today with livestock farmer Thomas Porter of North Carolina taking home the honor. Read on to learn more about all of our state winners. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …
FL Producer on Beef Checkoff Dollars
We’ve talked before about how beef checkoff dollars are dwindling in Florida but Roger West from Gainesville, Secretary Treasurer of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board, said that’s actually the case nationwide as there are a lot of good projects to promote beef they would like to fund but the dollars are just not there. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board …
New Georgia Agriculture Building at Sunbelt Ag Expo
The first day of the Sunbelt Ag Expo is underway in Moultrie, Georgia as one event that took place was the ribbon cutting of the new Georgia Agriculture Building. I talked with Billy Skaggs with the Georgia Department of Agriculture and Robert Fountain, Jr. with Georgia Farm Bureau who teamed together in this new building. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle …