Ag in Review for the Week of May 17, 2010

A highlight of agricultural news for this week from around the Southeast. To hear weekly reviews subscribe to our podcast . Sponsored ContentFlorida 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 Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida …

Weekly Livestock Market Report

Here are the cattle market numbers for the week ending May 21st 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 Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and …

Ensuring Consumers and Producers are Protected in Food Safety Bill

With the Senate expected to take up their Food Safety Modernization Act after the Memorial Day break, Kelli Ludlum with the American Farm Bureau, says that they are trying to ensure that both consumers and growers will be protected in the bill. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists …

Tax Break Extensions Could Bring Good News for Farmers

A compromised package of tax cuts and benefit extensions has been presented that changed a 31-billion dollar package of tax-cut extensions into one that could approach 200-billion dollars and includes assistance for disaster-stricken farmers. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril …

Significance of New SNAP Program Signage

As previously reported, USDA has unveiled a new “We Welcome SNAP” sign which takes a different approach than the signs previously displayed by the nearly 200 thousand stores accepting SNAP benefits. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida 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 …

Many Topics Discussed at Farm Bill Hearings

Field hearings to review U.S. agriculture policy for the process of writing the 2012 Farm Bill have been underway the past few weeks, as Tyron Spearman looks at some of the topics discussed thus far. Download Audio News post sponsor: AGROTAIN® controls nitrogen loss for higher yields. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, …

Researcher Discusses Many Aspects Of Citrus Black Spot

University of Florida plant pathologist Megan Dewdney has appeared at several workshops on citrus black spot since the disease was discovered in Collier and Hendry counties this spring. In these reports, she discusses Sponsored ContentFlorida 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 …

Help For Hungry

BRIC plans to fight famine. How? Everett Griner tells us. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida 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 Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril …

Florida Opens Summer Oyster Areas Early

TALLAHASSEE (FDACS) — Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson and Chairman Rodney Barreto of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) today announced that the summer oyster harvesting areas in the Apalachicola Bay System will open at 12:01 a.m. Friday — 11 days early. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance …

Ag Groups Encouraging Senate to Adopt Murkowski Legislation

Nearly 50 agricultural groups have sent a letter to Senate members urging them to adopt Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski’s resolution that would prevent the EPA from regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. Download Audio News post sponsor: AGROTAIN® controls nitrogen loss for higher yields. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong …