Here are the numbers from the cattle markets held across Florida this past week. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Critical Role To Extend ResearchNovember 7, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida Cattle IndustryOctober 31, 2025
IFAS Head Moving to Tennessee
Jimmy G. Cheek, the University of Florida’s senior vice president for agriculture and natural resources, has been named the next chancellor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Cheek accepted an offer from UT President John Petersen to become chancellor of the Knoxville campus today and will begin in that role Feb. 1. Cheek, part of UF’s Institute of Food and …
NRCS Program Outreach
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Florida is working to get word out to landowners about conservation programs in the new farm bill. Panhandle area Conservationist Jeff Norville talked to landowners about NRCS programs and services at a recent Forestry Stewardship field day in Okaloosa county. Listen to report: Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Critical Role To Extend ResearchNovember …
FL NRCS Partners Help Preserve Wetlands
The USDA’s Wetlands Reserve program recently hit a milestone with two million acres enrolled – and Florida has the nation’s third highest enrollment at over 160, 000 acres. Florida state conservationist Carlos Suarez says they have many partners to thank for this success. Listen to report: Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Critical Role To Extend ResearchNovember 7, 2025CIR Agriculture …
Citrus Grower Concerns Over Host Plants for HLB
Florida citrus grower Charley Roper says although his groves do not yet show signs of citrus ‘greening’ disease, or HLB, he remains concerned about other types of host plants that can harbor the disease without showing any signs of it. AgNet’s Ernie Neff speaks to Roper about his concerns in this report. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Critical Role …
FCA President on Industry Coming Together
President of the Florida Cattlemen’s Association, Bo Hobby, says it’s even more important in today’s times for producers to work on the issues that affect the industry. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Critical Role To Extend ResearchNovember 7, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida Cattle IndustryOctober 31, …
Redneck Fishing Tourney in South FL Fast Approaching Nov 7-8!
Organizer Robert Murray provides us with the following information about this year’s 7th Annual Redneck Invitational, November 7th and 8th, 2008 at Cabbage Key. This one day invitational tournament is sponsored by and for anglers in the agricultural industry in Florida. The Redneck Invitational Inc. was established in 2002 by a group of growers and ag sales representatives as a …
Citrus News: Production, Political, and Other News Items
In this post, citrus folks can find several features addressing several different topics. Among them, in this first report, grower Mark Wheeler of Wheeler Farms at Lake Placid talks about production matters and what some growers may consider with respect to the crop forecast and seasonal market expectations. We spoke to Wheeler shortly after the crop forecast was released earlier …
Santa Fe CARES
Florida Farm Bureau will recognize seventeen Santa Fe River Basin farmers and ranchers this week for their outstanding management of natural resources under the CARES program. The Santa Fe awards dinner will be held this Thursday October 30 at the Heaven’s Gate Farm near Trenton. CARES – the County Alliance for Responsible Environmental Stewardship – was initiated in 2001 by …
FL Promoting Beef Through Parent Challenge
There is a program underway which is helping to promote the message about beef to many students, parents, and teachers according to Polly Golden with the Florida Beef Council. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Critical Role To Extend ResearchNovember 7, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida Cattle …