A budget framework has finally been resolved for a new farm bill but the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means Committees still needs to decide on where the additional farm bill funding is coming from. Senate Ag Committee chairman Tom Harkin says the framework is at the $10 billion above baseline level. Report(1:00 mp3) Senate Ag Committee ranking Republican …
FL Commissioner’s Spotlight on Wildfire Season
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson talks about the outlook for this wildfire season. More information can be found on the web site of the Division of Forestry. Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Expands the promotion and educational work of the Florida Beef CouncilNovember 21, 2025Florida Senator Shares Origins of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardNovember 14, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester …
Florida Farm Bureau Tallahassee “Ag Watch”
Here’s Florida Farm Bureau’s legislative Ag Watch April 4, 2008 (pdf file) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Expands the promotion and educational work of the Florida Beef CouncilNovember 21, 2025Florida Senator Shares Origins of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardNovember 14, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 8, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Critical Role To Extend ResearchNovember 7, 2025
Citrus Commissioners Move Ahead On Hopeful “Free Rider” Fix
In this report, Southeast AgNet’s Ernie Neff reports on another special Florida Citrus Commission teleconference this week to follow up on the one they had last week. Commissioners are wrestling with what to do to possibly try to fix to the “Free Rider” issue. Report (1:11 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Expands the promotion and educational work of the …
FL Cattlemen Supporting IFAS
While the work of cutting the state budget continues inĂ‚Â Tallahassee, Florida Cattlemen’s Association President Larry Rooks says all of agriculture needs to continue to promoteĂ‚Â IFAS.Ă‚Â Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Expands the promotion and educational work of the Florida Beef CouncilNovember 21, 2025Florida Senator Shares Origins of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardNovember 14, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 8, …
Some Citrus S-A-R Answers Could Come Within a Few Months
This is our final feature in our series of reports with Dr Jim Graham following up on the recent Systemic Acquired Resistance (SAR)seminar at UF’s Citrus Research and Education Center (CREC) at Lake Alfred. In this report Graham says he recognizes that growers clearly want to know when they can expect some definative answers about these kinds of concepts and …
USDA Radio News Dept Features Nationwide Citrus Situation
On the daily newsline many of us farm broadcasters check daily for appropriate newsclips for our respective regions, we found this feature about the national citrus and citrus markets overview. USDA’s Gary Crawford files the story contained in this report. Report (1:30 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Expands the promotion and educational work of the Florida Beef CouncilNovember 21, …
April 2008 UF/IFAS/CREC Citrus Research Newsletter
Here is the latest citrus industry research update from UF’s Citrus Research and Education Center in Lake Alfred. (pdf file) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Expands the promotion and educational work of the Florida Beef CouncilNovember 21, 2025Florida Senator Shares Origins of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardNovember 14, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 8, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Critical Role To …
Web Soil Survey Uses
Finding out about soils in a particular area is just a click away with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service on-line Web Soil Survey (WSS), according to Southwest Florida NRCS resource soil scientist Richard Ford. Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Expands the promotion and educational work of the Florida Beef CouncilNovember 21, 2025Florida Senator Shares Origins of Florida …
Another Citrus “Field Trials” Caution
Another follow up story in this report out of the recent Systemic Acquired Resistance (SAR) seminar held at UF’s Citrus Research and Education Center at Lake Alfred. While growers all over Florida are hearing talk about private ‘grower trials’ of one type or another, as growers help in the search for answers against ‘greening’ in particular, a lot of pressure …