Just How Bad is a High Sugar Diet

Experts estimate the amount of sugar in our diets has increased 30-percent in the last 30 years. And many of us could be easily accused as having that sweet tooth; at least I know I would certainly be guilty. But many of us also think that there is not much harm in indulging as long as we otherwise live a …

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AL-FL-GA Cattle Inventories Down 4-5 Percent

USDA’s latest cattle inventory report showed the number of all cattle and calves in the U.S. on January 1, 2011 were 1 percent below last year, but the numbers for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia are down even more. AL: Download Audio FL: Download Audio GA: Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future …

CRP Signup Announced

Signup will take place once again for the Conservation Reserve Program starting on March 14th as Farm Service Agency Administrator Jonathan Coppess explains what first time enrollees of the CRP need to know. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance …

Chambliss Leaving Ag Committee Position

The ranking Republican on the Senate Ag Committee, Saxby Chambliss, is leaving that spot for another committee as Tyron Spearman has the details. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle …

New CEU Article Available

In partnership with the University of Florida, Citrus Industry magazine is pleased to continue its quarterly series of CEU articles for 2011. The first article, “The Label is the Law,” by Ryan Atwood and Steve Futch, is now available online. Growers can earn one core CEU by taking and passing the test that accompanies the article. Get started here. 4-1-11 UPDATE: …

Fruit and Veggie Farmers Like New Healthy Eating Guidelines

The country’s newest dietary guidelines focus on balancing calories and making the best of those calories.  This is good news for fruit and vegetable farmers.  Hear more in this report. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, …

Bio-Based Industrial Products

Farmers are obviously vitally important to our economy as they have traditionally provided us with both food and fiber, but now they are branching out with bio-based industrial products. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong …

Bat Mystery

There is a mysterious disease killing bats. Everett Griner tells us what this is. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, 2026Florida 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 …

FL NRCS Encouraging Tree Plantings

Now is a good time of the year to plant trees and Michael Bush with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Florida reminds landowners about incentives to plant trees on their property. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman …