This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is about the Small Farms and Alternative Enterprise Conference being held in Kissimmee on August 1st and 2nd. More information is available online by clicking on Conference. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New …
Weekly Livestock Market Reports
Here are the cattle market numbers for the week ending May 8th put together by the livestock market news service for the states of Alabama, Florida and Georgia. AL: FL: GA: Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics …
U S Sugar Board Approves Amended SFWMD Land Acquisition
This news release just in late today from U S Sugar Corporation, saying the amended terms of the acquisition package will protect rural jobs and the environment: CLEWISTON —May 8, 2009 (U S Sugar Corp.) —The Board of Directors of the U.S. Sugar Corporation today approved the amended contract terms for the South Florida Water Management District’s acquisition of the …
FL Legislative Session Officially Over
The Florida Legislature has officially adjourned for the 2009 legislative session with the $66 billion dollar budget passing the Senate with a 32-8 vote and later the House with a vote of 75-43. It now awaits the Governor’s signature. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher …
Senator Saxby Chambliss Statement Proposed Budget
U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), Ranking Republican Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, has released the following statement regarding President Obama’s proposed fiscal year (FY) 2010 budget request, calling for additional cuts to key agriculture programs: Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World …
Landscaping and Your Utility Bills
The Value of Shade Study has revealed that depending on where trees are located in your landscape, summer time electric bills may decrease on average of 5 percent. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted …
FL Pasture Conditions Rated Mostly Poor
Looking at this year’s first stats of pasture and range conditions across the country, while most conditions are better, Florida is one area where they are not. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application …
Long Range
Ten year food price inflation. Everett Griner tells us just what this says. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026
Crop Protection Product Fee Increases Could Hurt Florida Farmers
If you’re a farmer or in the crop protection product industry in Florida, you will want to hear these reports featuring Florida Fertilizer and Agri-Chemical Association Executive Mary Hartney. She explains how the state legislature this year singled out food crop protection products for another doubling of registration fees that may make it more difficult for some companies to justify …
Florida’s “Gulf Region” Citrus Growers Tackle “Greening” Head-On
Southwest Florida Citrus Growers have many of the same concerns as other growers around Florida particularly when it comes to greening. We speak with Gulf Citrus Growers Association Executive Ron Hamel in these reports about how his region’s growers are tackling the problem. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle …