U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack held a rural community forum in Southeastern Georgia to announce American Renewal and Reinvestment Act projects aimed at improving local communities and benefiting people throughout rural America. Georgia: Southeast: Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida Cattle IndustryOctober 31, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement …
Citrus Health Response Plan (CHRP) Considers New Finds, Nurseries
In these two reports, comments from Patrick Gomes, National Coordinator for the Citrus Health Response Plan (CHRP), from a recent conference call with interested parties where CHRP officials offered updates about the program and enforcement activities related to it. In the first report below, he discusses new HLB finds in the Florida panhandle and elsewhere. In the second cut, Gomes …
New Peanut Loan Rates
USDA’s Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) has announced 2009-crop loan rates for four types of peanuts, as Tyron Spearman has the numbers. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida Cattle IndustryOctober 31, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Unique Opportunity For Applied ResearchOctober 24, 2025
SW FL: Reg Deadline May 26 for Farm Safety Day Saturday June 6
The Nineteenth Annual 2009 Southwest Florida Farm Safety Day is almost here and will be held on Saturday, 6 June 2009. Safe and competent equipment operators are important to farm employers. Accidents, which cause damage, injury or death to employees, equipment and crops are costly. Organizers of the event believe all types of accidents can be reduced with proper employee …
FL Commissioner’s Spotlight on Wildfire Risk
This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is about the current wildfire activity in the state and precautions to take to reduce the risk. More information about wildfire in Florida can be found on the Florida Division of Forestry web site at Wildland Fire Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful …
CCD Update
Still looking for answers. Everett Griner has the scoop. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida Cattle IndustryOctober 31, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Unique Opportunity For Applied ResearchOctober 24, 2025
Weekly Livestock Market Reports
Here are the cattle market numbers for the week ending May 15th put together by the livestock market news service for the states of Alabama, Florida and Georgia. AL: FL: GA: Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida Cattle IndustryOctober 31, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Unique Opportunity …
Field to the Hill Legislative Visit
The Florida Farm Bureau Federation is in Washington D.C. this week with their Field to Hill Legislative visit. We get a better insight regarding the goals and importance of the trip through these reports from President John Hoblick, National Affairs Coordinator Adam Basford, and Suwannee County farmer William Carte. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded …
Watching Peanut and Cotton Prices
While seed is going into the ground, Tyron Spearman reports that many growers are closely watching both peanut and cotton prices right now. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida Cattle IndustryOctober 31, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Unique Opportunity For Applied ResearchOctober 24, 2025
FL Farm Bureau “Ag Watch” Tallahassee Report May 15th
Here’s this week’s 5-15-09 edition of Florida Farm Bureau’s Ag Watch (pdf file) from the FFB Legislative office in Tallahassee. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida Cattle IndustryOctober 31, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Unique Opportunity For Applied ResearchOctober 24, 2025