The Florida Beef Council (FBC) will soon be meeting to discuss plans for 2019. FBC CEO Jim Handley explains what will be discussed. Florida Beef Council Preparing for 2019 Sponsored ContentFlorida 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, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …
Hurricane Causes Heavy Losses for Panhandle Farmers
Hurricane Michael will cost Florida farmers an estimated $158 million because of damaged crops, including major damage sustained by cotton farmers, according to a University of Florida study released Friday. Economists with the university’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences projected that nearly 1 million acres of crops such as cotton, nuts and vegetables, along with beef, dairy and other …
Florida HS Students Present Research at Prestigious Global Conference
Five students who completed a University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences program were among 210 high school students from around the world who attended the 25th Annual Global Youth Institute symposium hosted by The World Food Prize Foundation. The students discussed critical food security and agricultural issues with international experts. The event was held from Oct. 17 …
Weekly Livestock Market Report
Here are the weekly livestock market reports for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, for the week ended October 26, 2018, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for all three states. AL Livestock Market Report: AL Livestock Market Report At Alabama Livestock Auctions for the Week ended Oct 26, 2018, receipts at 21 markets totaled an estimated 17,400 head compared to …
Assistance Available through NRCS for Ag Land Damaged by Hurricane Michael
Florida farmers and ranchers who suffered damage to working lands and livestock mortality due to Hurricane Michael are encouraged to sign up for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) through the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Agricultural producers in Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla, and Washington counties are eligible to apply for assistance. …
Putnam Recognizes Ag-Environmental Leadership Award Recipients
Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam awarded the recipients of the Ag-Environmental Leadership Award during the last breakfast at the Florida Farm Bureau’s (FFB) annual meeting. Southeast AgNet’s Abbey Taylor was able to catch up with Putnam after the breakfast, where they discussed this award and its recipients this year. The winners of the award included Florida agriculture professionals that …
USDA Disaster Assistance and Hurricane Recovery Workshops
Representatives from USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Farm Service Agency (FSA), Rural Development (RD) and Risk Management Agency (RMA) will present disaster assistance information for agricultural producers. Workshop topics include emergency assistance for livestock & crop-related expenses and losses; financial assistance programs to help with farm and farmland damage; deadlines for applying for disaster assistance programs and programs to help with restoration and rehabilitation of farm and …
Family Farm Recognized for Environmental Leadership
Lykes Bros., Inc., was honored for their environmental stewardship with a County Alliance for Responsible Environmental Stewardship (CARES) award on October 18. Lykes Bros. Inc., has grown a 500-acre Brooksville farm to more than 610,000 acres in Florida and Texas. Lykes Bros. Inc., has been a leader in agribusiness for more than a hundred years and fully invests in responsible …
UF/IFAS Employees Help Hard-Hit North Florida REC
Scientists at the UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center — particularly its Marianna facility — may take a while to fully recover their research after it was damaged by Hurricane Michael, University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences administrators say. In Marianna, five center pivots – irrigation systems — were turned over and damaged, said Glen Aiken, …
EQIP Signup in Florida Ends November 2
There is just a little over a week left for Florida farmers, ranchers and forest owners to apply for financial and technical assistance through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). Conservation Programs Specialist with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Florida, Nathan Fikkert, says one aspect of this signup is the energy initiative. EQIP Signup in Florida Ends November 2 Sponsored ContentFlorida Senator …