Here are the cattle market numbers for the week ending April 22nd put together by the livestock market news service for the states of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. AL: Download Audio FL: Download Audio GA: Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New …
FL House Played Catch Up This Week on Several Bills
As we check in for this weeks legislative update with Ben Parks, director of state legislative affairs with the Florida Farm Bureau Federation, he tells us that the Senate took the week off but the House was busy passing several bills. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle …
FL to Receive Funds to Continue Gulf Seafood Testing & Marketing
Over a year after the Deepwater Horizon exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, the Florida Department of Agriculture continues to collected and test seafood samples with all results showing that Florida Gulf seafood is safe to eat. And the testing will continue as an agreement has been reached with BP for $20 million over the next three years to enhance …
FL Ag Commissioner Says HB 7219 Makes Nutritional & Fiscal Sense
The Healthy Schools for Healthy Lives Act (HB 7219) is continuing its successful run through the legislative gauntlet as it will now move to the House floor. In this report Florida Ag Commissioner Adam Putnam exlpains why he stands in strong support of the legislation that would shift the responsibility of School Lunch program over to the Department of Agriculture. …
A Tangerine A Day Could Keep the Doctor Away
If you’re eating an apple a day to keep the doctor away – you might want to add a tangerine as it seems that they could help control your weight and protect your heart. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World …
Southeast Agriculture Looks Bright & New Seed Lab
Today Tyron Spearman has news from a recent peanut short course concerning the future of agriculture in the Southeast along with an update concerning progress on additions being made to a seed lab. Ag Future: Download Audio Seed lab: Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …
Water Wars
The three state squabbles are not over yet, and Everett Griner tells us why. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026
USDA & EPA Agree that Conservation Programs Should be Spared
As both legislators and administrators continue to grapple with budget cuts that they know must come, it seems that there is one area that most everyone is in agreement on, that conservation funding should be preserved. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses …
USDA Announces May 27 Deadline for BCAP Proposals
USDA Farm Service Agency Acting Administrator Val Dolcini has announced the deadline for project area proposals for the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP). To be considered, proposals must be submitted to the applicable state office by close of business, May 27, 2011. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida …
Eradication Declared in Miami-Dade County Peach Fruit Fly Program
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has announced that eradication has been declared in the peach fruit fly outbreak in Miami-Dade County. Regulations have been lifted and fruit movement is no longer prohibited after three life cycles of the fruit fly have occurred and no additional peach fruit fly has been found. Trapping will continue under the statewide …