Korean Trade Agreement Would Boost Specialty Crops

Southeast AgNet’s Gary Cooper was in Tampa last week where Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack spoke on how the reconfigured Korean Free Trade Agreement would positively impact Florida’s specialty crops. 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 …

Specialty Crops Being Affected by Drought

Drought is taking it’s toll on Florida’s specialty crops as the U.S. Drought Monitor reports that as of March 1, 2011, drought conditions were present in over 85 percent of Florida and extreme along the eastern coast. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher …

FL Cattlewomen Promoting Beef

The Florida Cattlewomen’s Association president, Wendy Petteway from Zolfo Springs, said they depend on the checkoff dollars they get from the Floirda Beef Council to help promote the beef message to consumers. 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 …

Resigning COO Gunter Discusses State Of Citrus Research Panel

Dan Gunter in this interview tells where he’s going after resigning as chief operating officer of the Citrus Research and Development Foundation effective April 8, and discusses the state of the foundation. Download Audio Post sponsor: Copper coverage with Less Metallic Copper per acre. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida …

Ethanol Reality

Ethanol production is faltering. Everett Griner explains. 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

Vilsack Talks Trade Progress

During last weeks Commodity Classic, Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, discussed both the Mexican Trucking Dispute and the Korean Free Trade Agreement. 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 …

Weather Experts Predicting Warm and Dry Growing Season

Florida is already in a moderate to severe drought situation and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey warns that it could get worse with a very real possibility of it lasting through the growing season. 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 …

The Purpose of USDA Climate Change Grants

We previously reported on a five-year, $20 million federal grant to better study the role pine stands can play in climate change. And Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Catherine Woteki, explains what they hope to accomplish through this and other similar studies. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, …

Potato Council Disagrees with Proposed School Lunch Changes

USDA’s proposed rule to change nutrition standards in the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs limits the amount of starchy vegetables to one cup per week per student. Download Audio Producers are encouraged to submit comments on the rule by April 13, 2011. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle …

The History of Frozen Foods

March is National Frozen Food Month and what better way to celebrate than to look at the history behind the technology that many consumers rely on for their evening dinner plans. 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, …