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 provides support for cattle producers regardless of herd sizeNovember …
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 provides support for …
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 provides support for cattle producers regardless of herd sizeNovember 28, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Expands the promotion and educational work of the Florida Beef CouncilNovember 21, 2025Florida Senator …
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 provides support for cattle producers regardless of herd sizeNovember 28, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Expands the promotion and educational work of the Florida Beef CouncilNovember 21, …
Tough Lending for Farmers and Top Ag Universities
Today Tyron Spearman talks about possible tough lending times ahead for farmers but also has positive news about a couple of southeast universities that have placed high in agriculture education. Listen to the lending report here: Listen to the universities report here: Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board provides support for cattle producers regardless of herd sizeNovember 28, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement …
FL Middle School Wins FFA Award
The Fort White Middle School FFA Chapter in Fort White, Florida, was named “Outstanding Middle School” Model of Innovation winner at the 81st National FFA Convention. Listen to report here: Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board provides support for cattle producers regardless of herd sizeNovember 28, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Expands the promotion and educational work of the Florida Beef CouncilNovember …
Important Discussions at Weekly FDOC Meeting
Southeast Agnet’s Ernie Neff has a report on important discussions at last week’s FDOC meeting in Lakeland. FDOC Economist Mark Brown had news for the growers and more. Ernie files this report. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board provides support for cattle producers regardless of herd sizeNovember 28, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Expands the promotion and educational work of the Florida …
