Indian River Citrus Growers have a voice at the table of the St Johns River Water Management, since Citrus League Executive Doug Bournique was recently appointed to the SJRWMD Governing Board. But does that mean there will be conflicts of interest preventing his input on behalf of citrus? Bournique discusses details and his views of the appointment in these reports. …
Farm Bill Benefits
The Farm Bill has benefits for both producers and consumers – in fact, everyone in the country will be touched by provisions in the legislation. Laura McNamara reports. Report 1(1:00 mp3) Report 2(1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United …
FCPRAC Leader: Red Tape Hampers Citrus Research
In these four reports, comments from Florida Citrus Production Research Advisory Council leader Peter McClure, from an interview about his remarks to citrus researchers gathered in Ft Pierce a couple weeks ago to discuss citrus greening. Report Report Report Report (all 1:30 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …
Beef Summer Grilling Season Underway
With Memorial Day weekend comes the start to the summer grilling season and the beef checkoff has begun their 2008 campaign to remind consumers to purchase beef for grilling. Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the …
Farm Bill Confusion
Congress moved quickly last week to repair a procedural error that threatened the new farm bill, but the final action on the complete package will have to wait until Congress returns to Washington from the Memorial Day recess. Don’t try to figure this one out. Bottom line is that somebody screwed up and sent the Farm Bill to the president’s …
Sign up for CSP ASAP
Producers eligible for the current Conservation Security Program signup have until May 30 to do so, but they are urged not to wait until the last minute to walk into their local office to start the process. FL Report (1:00 mp3) AL Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida …
FDOC Hears Results of R-O-I Study on Grower Dollars Spent
In these two reports, comments from Neil Canter, Managing Dir of Marketing Accountability Partnership, a firm hired by the Florida Dept of Citrus in January to study the return on investment of grower dollars going into FDOC’s marketing efforts. According to Canter, the study shows about a three to one return. Hear his comments as he explains the numbers and …
FL Providing Ideas to Improve Beef Checkoff
The Florida Beef Council is just one of the many groups in the industry who will offer suggestions to help make improvements to the beef checkoff. Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the …
The Neverending Farm Bill Saga
A clerical error means that the Farm Bill conference report is going back to Congress and will have to go through the whole process again after the Memorial Day holiday. The president vetoed the bill Wednesday, the House overrode the veto, but since the bill was somehow missing the trade title, the whole process must be redone, starting with Congress …
Lee V. McCoy 1947-2008: “RealMcCoy” Will Be Sorely Missed
It is with great sadness and tremendously heavy hearts we report of the passing of Lee V. McCoy, known to many of his legions of friends and colleagues as the “RealMcCoy”. Lee lost his battle with cancer early morning Thursday May 22 in a Georgia hospital, admitted the Monday before in a bout with pneumonia. Please find details regarding Lee’s …