FL Help Needed with Voluntary Checkoff

Randall Weiseman Beef, Cattle, Florida, Livestock

With beef checkoff revenues down, Executive Director of the Florida Beef Council Jim Handley urges producers in Florida to take part in the state voluntary beef checkoff program. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle IndustryFebruary 20, 2026Florida …

Food Safety is a Collaborative Effort

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Specialty Crops, Vegetables

Food Safety continues to be a top priority for government officials and Leanne Skelton, Chief of the Fresh Products Branch for USDA, says that the partnership and cooperation between USDA and FDA allows them to pool together their knowledge and resources. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, …

County Committee Elections & Peanut Board Awards

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Florida, General, Georgia, Peanuts

The Farm Service Agency reminds producers that County Committee elections are underway, as Tyron Spearman has the details and also has information about some recent awards given to the National Peanut Board. Elections: Awards: Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research …

Citrus Grower Hugh English Discusses Referendum, Fruit Prices

Dan Citrus, Florida

In the first report, Southwest Florida citrus grower Hugh English, a former Florida Citrus Commission chairman, tells why he’ll vote for a new citrus research order in an upcoming grower referendum. This report also tells how to participate in Florida Citrus Mutual’s Thursday conference call about the referendum, and how to listen to Southeast AgNet’s audio stream of the call. …

November Cotton Crop Numbers

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cotton, Crop Forecasts, Field Crops, Florida, Georgia

The National Agriculture Statistics Service released their monthly crop forecast for the 2009 cotton crop this morning as Shiela Corley with USDA NASS in Washington D.C. has the November numbers. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle IndustryFebruary …

Environmental Stewardship Award Nominations

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cattle, Florida, Georgia, Livestock, USDA-NRCS

Producers are being reminded that nominations for the annual Environmental Stewardship Awards are open for 2010. More about this year’s award nomination process is availabe at Environmental Stewardship.org Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle IndustryFebruary 20, 2026Florida …

Poultry Industry Problems

Dan Agri View, Alabama, Florida, General, Georgia, Poultry

Everett Griner tells us just how much more this is than just plant closings. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle IndustryFebruary 20, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Allows Viable Research in the Cattle IndustryFebruary 6, 2026

Partnership and Cooperation the Key to Success of Conservation Programs

Randall Weiseman Florida, USDA-NRCS

According to Florida NRCS State Conservationist Carlos Suarez, it takes cooperation with good partners to achieve the desired results from conservation programs. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle IndustryFebruary 20, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Allows Viable Research …

Climate Forecasts Getting Better

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Field Crops, Florida, General, Georgia, Weather

The Agriculture Research Service is currently working on new methods to downscale seasonal forecasts to the farm scale and express them in one-month increments. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle IndustryFebruary 20, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Allows …

Sweet Potato DNA Being Studied

Randall Weiseman Florida, Specialty Crops, Vegetables

The sweet potato is the world’s seventh most important food crop, yet very little genomics information has been available, until now. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle IndustryFebruary 20, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Allows Viable Research in …