Agriculture officials have doubled Mediterranean fruit fly efforts in Palm Beach County after a fly was found in Delray Beach, a little north of the Boca Raton area where all previous Medflies had been found in June. Denise Feiber, spokesperson for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’s Division of Plant Industry, has the report. Download Audio Post sponsor: …
FCA Awards Researcher of the Year
During the Florida Cattlemen’s Association convention, they once again honored a recipient with the Researcher of the Year award, and this year that person was Brent Sellers with the University of Florida-IFAS Range Cattle Research and Education Center in Ona. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …
FSA Encourages Producers to get Final Acreage Numbers In
Tim Manning, Florida Farm Service Agency Executive Director, says producers who are interested in FSA programs need to have their crop acreage in by June 30, 2010. 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 …
Peanuts Meet Consumer Food Demand
Changes are being found in consumer mindsets and today Tyron Spearman reports how one survey shows how peanuts are falling right in line with what many of them are thinking. 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 …
USDA Working on Concept of Environmental Credits
Most of us have heard of possible carbon trading markets but now experts are working on the concept of environmental markets. 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 …
FL Urging Horse Vaccinations for EEE
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services reminds horse owners to get their animals vaccinated following an upsurge in the number of Eastern Equine Encephalitis cases. 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 …
Citrus Expo “Boyd Cocktail” Info Can Be Used Immediately
Researcher Bob Rouse in the first report tells what he’ll discuss in his Aug. 18 Citrus Expo presentation about the “Maury Boyd Cocktail” of products helping keep HLB-infected trees productive. Download Audio Growers can use the information he presents as soon as they hear it, Rouse says in the second report. Download Audio CLICK THE EXPO LOGO FOR PROGRAM DETAILS! …
USDA to Help Farmers and Ranchers Expand Habitat for Migrating Birds
Gainesville, FL., June 28, 2010 – State Conservationist Carlos Suarez today announced that USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will work with farmers, ranchers, aquaculturists, non-industrial foresters, and other landowners to develop and enhance habitat for birds making their annual migration south towards the Gulf of Mexico. Under the Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative (MBHI), NRCS will partner with producers to …
Florida Ag Operations Awarded USDA Grants to Reach New Markets
GAINESVILLE, Fla., June 28, 2010 (USDA – Rural Development, Florida Office) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack recently announced five Florida agricultural enterprises will receive $1,086,500 in business development grants to pursue new value-added marketing opportunities. The funding is made available through the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development Value-Added Producer Grant program. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly …
Sterile Flies Curtail Reproduction Of Citrus Pest Medfly
Sterile fly releases and other programs helped keep the state free of Medflies for 12 years prior to a current infestation, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Division of Plant Industry spokesperson Denise Feiber says in the first report. Download Audio Feiber tells how the sterile fly program works in the second report. Download Audio Post sponsor: Copper coverage …