FL Commissioners Spotlight on SART, Part Two

Randall Weiseman FL Commissioner Report, Florida, Livestock

This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is about veterinarians and animal health technicians who work under the State Agricultural Response Team (SART) umbrella volunteering their time and skills to assist local, state, and national emergency response teams during disasters. More information is available on line by clicking on Florida Veterinary Corps. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide …

Weekly Livestock Market Report

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cattle, Florida, Georgia

Here are the cattle market numbers for the week ending August 8th put together by the livestock market news service for the states of Alabama, Florida and Georgia. AL: FL: GA: Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Governor Backs Everglade Deal

Randall Weiseman Florida, Specialty Crops, Sugar

Governor Charlie Crist has defended a $536 million plan with U.S. Sugar Corp. to purchase 73,000 acres in the Everglades to help connect Lake Okeechobee to the Everglades. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Sign-Up Starts Monday for New CSP

Randall Weiseman Cattle, Field Crops, Florida, General, Livestock, Specialty Crops, USDA-NRCS

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced it will begin continuous sign-up for the new Conservation Stewardship Program on Monday, as Ken Morgan with NRCS in Florida explains the changes of this new program. To leanr more about the new Conservation Stewardship Program click Here Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers …

GA Bio-Energy Conf Aug 11-13 & Acreage Reporting Reminder

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Corn, Cotton, Energy, Field Crops, Florida, Georgia, Peanuts, Soybeans

Producers from across the Southeast are invited to attend the Georgia Bio-Energy Conference being held next week in Tifton, as Tyron Spearman has information about that along with a reminder of the acreage reporting deadline which is coming soon. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Greening Detection Methods to be Highlighted at Citrus Expo

Dan Citrus, Citrus Expo News, Florida

In the first report below, multi-county citrus extension agent Steve Futch tells Southeast AgNet’s Ernie Neff about the talk he’ll give at Citrus Expo on various HLB scouting methods. In the second report, Futch says his presentation will help growers understand the importance of using different survey methods. Futch uses the third report to tell how important Expo and other …

USDA Designation of Disaster Areas for FL Counties

Randall Weiseman Florida, General, Weather

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated nine counties in Florida as primary natural disaster areas due to excessive rain, flash flooding and high winds that occurred May 10, 2009, through June 5, 2009. An additional two counties in Florida have been designated as primary natural disaster areas due to drought that occurred March 15, 2009, through May …