Florida Citrus Commission committees next week will work toward selecting a new Florida Department of Citrus executive director and recommending changes to the Florida Statutes chapter governing the Citrus Commission and the Department of Citrus. The first USDA citrus crop forecast of the season will be released Wednesday. The details are in this report. Download Audio News post sponsor: Got …
Citrus Commissioner Balks At Calling All Florida Grapefruit Sweet
When a Florida Department of Citrus ad agency representative in September proposed telling consumers that Florida grapefruit is sweeter than they think, Citrus Commissioner Ellis Hunt Jr. expressed reservations. He tells why in the first report. Download Audio In the second report, Hunt says various Florida citrus growers like their grapefruit at different times of the year, and points out …
Have a Glass
The growing wine industry is very good for producers. Everett Griner talks today on just how this industry is doing. 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, …
Fruit Growers Receiving Record Prices in August
USDA economist Agnes Perez says specialty crop producers received record prices for their products in the month of August. 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 …
US Consumers Still Love Their Burgers
Consumption of hamburgers in the U.S. is significantly higher than just two years ago with nearly half of consumers saying that they eat a burger at least once a week compared with 38 percent in 2009. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …
Free Trade Agreements to Benefit Specialty Crops
With the House Ways and Means Committee passing the FTAs they are now one step closer to becoming approved. Something USDA Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan says would be good news for specialty crop growers. 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 …
FFB Kicks of 2011 Annual Meeting
The 70th Annual Meeting of the Florida Farm Bureau Federation kicks off today at the Peabody Orlando where National Affairs Director Adam Basford says it will center around their newest initiative, “Strengthening Family Farms and Communities since 1941”. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle …
Jimmy Carter Peanut Display Opening in Tifton
The “Jimmy Carter: Georgia’s Native Son” display, chronicles President Jimmy Carter’s remarkable life from his roots in Plains to his White House years plus his humanitarian career through the Carter Center. And this exhibit will officially open this Saturday in Tifton, GA. as Tyron Spearman has the details. Download Audio Former President Jimmy Carter will assist in the ribbon cutting …
USDA Awards Specialty Crop Grants to Strengthen Agricultural Economy
WASHINGTON, – Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan has announced that USDA will be investing in 55 specialty crop block grants that will fund 740 initiatives across the United States and its territories. The grants will help strengthen the market for specialty crops such as fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture and nursery crops, including floriculture. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement …
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