Peanut Crop Update

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Peanuts

Here is an update on where peanut plantings stand as of this week from Tyron Spearman. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026Florida 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, 2026

Southeast Beef Bytes4

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Beef, Cattle, Dairy, Florida, Georgia, Livestock

Funded by the National Beef Checkoff, this is week four in our Southeast Beef Bytes series, where we have been talking with producers from around the Southeast about the checkoff. This week we are in Macon, Mississippi with Jacob Megehee, a cattle producer who feels the checkoff is important to everyone who produces beef. To learn more about how your …

Ag Tourism

Dan Agri View, Alabama, Florida, General, Georgia

Everett Griner tells us there is more than people think. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026Florida 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, 2026

EWP Funding Requested in NRCS Budget

Randall Weiseman Florida, General, USDA-NRCS

USDA’s Emergency Watershed Protection Program was among the list of projects presented to a house sub committee for consideration for funding of fiscal year 2010. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …

Timeline Declared on Controversial Climate Change Legislation

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Energy, Florida, General, Georgia

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has placed a deadline on the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s action on the climate change legislation, HR 2454, with a June 19th deadline. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Florida …

FL NRCS Organic Deadline Approaching

Randall Weiseman Florida, Specialty Crops, USDA-NRCS, Vegetables

Florida Natural Resources Conservation Service extended sign up for the new Organic Initiative is coming up on June 12, 2009. The 2009 Organic Initiative is a nationwide special initiative to provide financial assistance to National Organic Program (NOP) certified organic producers as well as producers in the process of transitioning to organic production. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships …

Purpose of Organic Survey

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

Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan explains the purpose behind USDA’s first ever organic production survey. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026Florida 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, 2026

Food Safety Enhancement Act & Looking at Late Peanut Varieties

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

Today Tyron Spearrnan has information concerning the Food safety Enhancement Act along with the variety selections that growers need to be thinking about if stll trying to get peanut seed in the ground. Safety Act: Varieties: Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management …

Product Will Complement Copper in Citrus Canker Fight

Dan Citrus, Florida

Studies in Brazil and Florida have shown that the bactericide Firewall holds promise as a complement to copper for canker control in grapefruit groves. Registration is being sought for its use on Florida grapefruit. In this series of interviews with Southeast AgNet’s Ernie Neff, University of Florida researcher Jim Graham says the product would be especially helpful when applied before …

FL Commissioner’s Spotlight on Specialty Crop Grants

Randall Weiseman FL Commissioner Report, Florida, Specialty Crops

This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is about the awarding of nearly $850,000 in federal funds for 2008 Specialty Crop Block Grant projects. More information is available on the web by clicking on Block Grants. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage …