University of Florida researcher Bob Rouse has been doing studies on the so-called “Boyd cocktail” of nutrients and other products that has kept grower Maury Boyd’s HLB-infected trees alive for years. In the first of these reports, Rouse says researchers are pretty certain it’s the nutrients, and not other products in the cocktail, that are keeping trees alive. Download Audio …
Weekly Livestock Market Report
Here are the cattle market numbers for the week ending March 19th 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 ContentStrong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to …
FFB Active During Week 3 of FL Legislative Session
The third week of the 2010 Florida Legislative Session brought Farm Bureau members to Tallahassee to discuss the issues with their legislators. And as we look toward the fourth week of the session, Ben Parks, director of state legislative affairs for the Florida Farm Bureau, says committees are still working on balancing the budget. Download Audio Sponsored ContentStrong Relationship Exists …
PB&J My Way
Southern Peanut Growers is launching “PB&J My Way,” a national recipe contest looking for nutty new takes on the classic PB&J. Download Audio Sponsored ContentStrong 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 3, …
FCA Tracking Budget and Waivers in Legislature
The budget is just one of the many issues the Florida Cattlemen’s Association is watching in this years Florida legislative session, as FCA’s Sam Ard says one thing that all of the ag industry is following is how the budget cuts will affect IFAS at the University of Florida. Download Audio Sponsored ContentStrong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement …
Possible Change to Child Nutrition Programs
There are concerns about where the funding will come from to support a new bill in our nation’s captiol concerning child nutrition programs. Tyron Spearman has the details. Download Audio Sponsored ContentStrong 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 …
Albritton Addresses Citrus Research Talks With UF
Florida Citrus Commission Chairman Ben Albritton shares his thoughts about negotiations between the Citrus Research and Development Foundation and the University of Florida over the rights to research findings funded by the foundation. Download Audio Sponsored ContentStrong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril …
Citrus Economists To Ponder Global OJ Future
On April 8 in Lake Alfred, Citrus economists from Brazil will join their U.S. counterparts, especially those from Florida, in a presentation on the future of the global orange juice industry. Southeast AgNet’s Ernie Neff has the report. Download Audio Sponsored ContentStrong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For …
FL Farm Bureau “Ag Watch” Tallahassee Report March 19, 2010
Here’s this week’s 03-19-10 edition of Florida Farm Bureau’s Ag Watch (pdf file) from the FFB Legislative office in Tallahassee. Sponsored ContentStrong 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 3, 2026United Dairy Farmers …
NRCS Chief Dave White Conducts Agricultural Air Quality Task Force Meeting
NRCS Chief Dave White chaired the national Agricultural Air Quality Task Force (AAQTF) meeting last week in Tallahassee, Florida. Also on hand to help support the chief were Elvis Graves, acting designated federal official and Carlos Suarez, state conservationist in Florida. In 1996, Congress directed the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service to establish a task force to address …