FL Commissioner’s Spotlight on 4th of July Fire Safety

Randall Weiseman FL Commissioner Report, Florida, Forestry, General

This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is urging the public to be especially careful with outdoor cooking, trash burning and fireworks over the 4th of July holiday weekend. More information about fire safety is available on the web site of the Florida Division of Forestry. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly …

Start of H2A Suspension

Randall Weiseman Florida, Specialty Crops, Vegetables

The 9 month suspension on the H2A rule has begun and Joshua Craft with the Florida Farm Bureau Federation says that eventual outcome is unclear. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Peanut Crop Numbers Coming this Week

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Crop Forecasts, Florida, Georgia, Peanuts

Many in agriculture are waiting to see how the acreage numbers look when the National Agriculture Statistics Service releases their annual crop acreage reports Tuesday morning, as Tyron Spearman said it’s really of interest to those in the peanut industry. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

The Hunting Heritage Protection Act

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Florida, General, Georgia

U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), Ranking Republican Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, and U.S. Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.), a senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, have introduced the Hunting Heritage Protection Act, which aims to recognize the heritage of hunting and provide opportunities for continued hunting on federal public land. The Senators also cosponsored a similar measure in …

Weekly Livestock Market Reports

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cattle, Florida, Georgia, Livestock

Here are the cattle market numbers for the week ending June 26th 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

FL Looking Ahead at Busy Political Races

Randall Weiseman Cattle, Florida, General, Livestock

Sam Ard, Director of Governmental Affairs for the Florida Cattlemen’s Association, told producers at their recent convention the next few months are going to be interesting with all the state political races are coming up. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Peanuts: Food Safety, Posted Price, & Calendar

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Peanuts

Many discussions took place this past week about food safety issues in the peanut industry, as Tyron Spearman has the details on that along with this week’s posted price information and a look ahead at what’s coming up. Food Safety: Posted Price: Peanut Calendar: Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New …

Citrus “Research” Order to be Pursued: “Why Not Marketing Too?!”

Gary Cooper Citrus, Florida

When Citrus Commissioners decided this month to pursue ONLY research in a Federal Order and not include marketing funding as part of the effort, it left some asking ‘Why not marketing too?” Answering that question in this report is Citrus Commissioner Bob Behr. He is with Florida’s Natural Growers and he heads up the committee of the Commission that spent …