For producers who may have an idea for ways to add value to their products, USDA Under Secretary for Rural Development, Dallas Tonsager, says they have grant programs to help get them started. Sponsored ContentFlorida 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 …
Powering Up Your Holiday Gifts
About 40 percent of battery sales occur during the holiday season, which can become a problem from an environmental standpoint. Sponsored ContentFlorida 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 of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …
FL NRCS Assists in Dairy Waste Project
Conducting a waste management project was quite an undertaking for one Florida dairy operation but Susie Bishop, owner of Bishop Dairy in Highlands County, said they would not have been able to do this project without the help from USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Florida Department of Agriculture. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response …
Gulf Citrus Head Cites Greening, Water & Land Use Concerns
Gulf Citrus Growers Association Executive Vice President Ron Hamel in the first of these two interviews cites greening disease and pending EPA water quality standards as the biggest issues facing his growers. In the second report, he says land use and water supply issues are also major concerns. Post sponsor: Copper coverage with Less Metallic Copper per acre. Sponsored ContentFlorida …
FL Commissioner’s Spotlight on the Trailwalker Program
This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is about the Florida Division of Forestry’s Trailwalker program, which awards patches to participants who hike trails in Florida State Forests to achieve various levels of accomplishment. More information is available online by clicking on Trailwalker Program. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril …
Potatoes Fighting to be Included on WIC List
Efforts are ramping up to get potatoes added to the list of fruits and vegetables available to needy women and children through a federal program. Sponsored ContentFlorida 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 of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch …
Bayer Offers New Innovation to Peanut Growers
Randy Myers, Fungicide Product Manager for Bayer CropScience, said they have new innovations to offer peanut growers. Sponsored ContentFlorida 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 of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To …
Estate Taxes
Everett Griner tells us why nothing offered pleases the farmers. Sponsored ContentFlorida 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 of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026
USDA Official Clarifies Florida’s Citrus Canker Rule
Michael Hornyak of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Citrus Health Response Program in this series of interviews with Southeast AgNet’s Gary Cooper clarifies changes to the citrus canker rule in Florida. In the first report, he notes that a canker quarantine remains in place, but has been altered to allow fresh fruit to move to other citrus producing states. In …
Christmas Trees
Did you know that there are three trees planted for each one cut? Everett Griner tells us this and much more today. Sponsored ContentFlorida 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 of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida Cattle …