Indian RIver citrus growers, like citrus growers all over Florida, continue to look for ways to effectively stop the spread of citrus psyllids, which cause the spread of greening. In this report, comments from Indian River CItrus League’s Doug Bournique about progress in aereal spray research as growers treat large areas at the same time.
FL Rains Continue – New Anchor for AgNet’s Specialty Crop News
From drought conditions to downright flood conditions in many Florida specialty crop production areas, growers continue to deal with rain in many areas of Florida, some right about the time of harvest. Stay tuned in days to come, as AgNet’s Julie McPeake (photo) takes the anchor position for Specialty Crop news reports here at the network.
Sweet Success
The onion’s NEW image. Everett Griner checks out the sweet varieties.
Weekly Livestock Market Reports
Here are the cattle market numbers for the week ending May 22nd put together by the livestock market news service for the states of Alabama, Florida and Georgia. AL: FL: GA:
Weight Restrictions Eased To Help NE FL Potato Harvest
This just in late Friday from the Florida Dept of Agriculture: WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS EASED ON TRANSPORTING POTATO CROP FROM NORTHEAST FLORIDA AS A RESULT OF FLOODING TALLAHASSEE — Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson today announced that weight restrictions on transporting potato crops out of northeast Florida have been eased as a result of flooding rains in …
Weather Damage to Some Crops as FL Peanut Planting Continues
Ken Barton with the Florida Peanut Producers Association has information on how strong winds this past week caused some problems for cotton growers across the region while peanut planting continues.
Many Concerns with NAIS
Producers and other interested parties from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee were on hand to make comments Thursday in Birmingham, Alabama concerning the National Animal Identification System. For those not able to attend the listening session, comments can be made on line by clicking Here
Small Farms Conference
The Florida Natural Resources Conservation Service is encouraging landowners to attend the statewide Small Farms and Alternative Enterprise Conference. More information can be found on their website.
Disney and Ad Council Help USDA Combat Childhood Obesity
In these two reports we will take a quick look at the childhood obesity epidemic and how the Ad Council and Disney are partnering with USDA in a campaign to get children healthier.
Citrus Industry “Squeezed” by New Book
The recently released book “Squeezed…” is making the rounds and ruffling a few feathers in the process. It appears some claims made by the book’s author, while not necessarily inaccurate, may be confusing people because of a negative tone of the claims being made. After seeing some of the hype about the book and related articles appearing about it recently …