Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan has announced a major wetlands project designed to restore and protect wetlands that will improve water quality and provide habitat for rare, endangered and threatened animals, birds and plants in the northern Everglades. The project is the largest contiguous easement acquisition in the history of USDA’s Wetlands Reserve Program with 26 thousand acres. Download Audio …
Building the BioEnergy Market for the Southeastern Farmer
With bio-energy all the buzz, many southeastern producers are looking into different types of perennial grasses as viable feedstock options. But Dewey Lee, grain agronomist with the University of Georgia, says the industry is still in the midst of building a viable market for the products. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch …
Celebrating National Ice Cream Month
As we swelter in the July heat, we have a reason to raise our glasses, or maybe we should say bowls, as in icecream bowls, since July is National Ice Cream Month. Learn more in the following reports: Download Audio Download Audio Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers …
FL Commissioner’s Spotlight on the Farm to Fuel Summit
This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is about the 2010 Farm to Fuel Summit being held in Orlando on August 11, 12 and 13. More information is available online by clicking on Summit. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of …
Citrus Canker Rule Changes Impact Florida Growers
Florida’s fresh citrus industry benefitted from a new canker rule that was in place for the last fruit season, Florida Citrus Packers Executive Vice President Richard Kinney says in the first report. In the second report, he says the Japanese market will open to canker-blemished fruit next season; he also gives an update on efforts to get other nations to …
Citrus Expo Topic: SARs In Disease Management
University of Florida researcher Jim Graham will discuss potential uses of systemic acquired resistance products in citrus disease management at Citrus Expo on Aug. 18. He provides an overview of his topic in the first report; in the second report he says growers can put his information to use right away. 1. Download Audio 2. Download Audio CLICK THE EXPO …
Bee Mystery
CCD still plagues the bee industry and Everett Griner talks on this today. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development …
Weekly Livestock Market Report
Here are the cattle market numbers for the week ending July 17th 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 ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch …
Citrus Commission Meeting; New CRDF Web Site
Southeast AgNet’s Ernie Neff reports on the upcoming Wednesday Citrus Commission meeting and a new Citrus Research and Development Foundation Web site. Download Audio Post sponsor: Copper coverage with Less Metallic Copper per acre. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026Florida Cattle …
NRCS Migratory Bird Initiative Receiving a Positive Response
With 40 to 50 million birds estimated to start their migration south in the coming weeks, the Natural Resources Conservation Service has developed the Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative. And NRCS Chief Dave White says it has received a tremendous response from producers. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers …