By Jim Turner, News Service of Florida Gov. Rick Scott is using Twitter to threaten funding cuts for port operators that do business with Cuba, as legal cargo arrived Wednesday at Port Everglades from the island nation. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and …
CSP Signup Ends February 3
Agricultural producers are being reminded you have until February 3 to sign up for funding through USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) for the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP). NRCS Regional Conservationist for the Southeast, James Tillman, says funding is available and new methods and software for evaluating applications have been put in place to help producers. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement …
Lawmakers Balk at Legal Fees in ‘Water Wars’
News Service of Florida Florida’s costly, complicated lawsuit against Georgia over regional water use reached another milestone Tuesday without any sign of resolution, as state lawmakers balked at escalating legal fees in the case that could reach $41 million this year. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida …
Vegetable and Flower Seed Conference This Weekend
Andy LaVigne, president and CEO of the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA), is gearing up for the 56th Vegetable and Flower Seed Conference. This year’s conference is being held January 28–31 at Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and …
Florida Beef Council Working to Fill Open Position
At the end of 2016, the Florida Beef Council saw a position open up, something they have been working ever since to fill. Jim Handley, chief executive officer with the Florida Beef Council, says interviews for that position are underway. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle …
Lawmakers Want Money for North Florida Waterways
From: News Service of Florida A coalition that includes two state House members and a former congressman announced Monday it will fight for money to protect waterways in North Florida as Senate President Joe Negron tries to move forward with an ambitious proposal to spend heavily on cleaning waters in South Florida. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding …
Alabama-Florida Peanut Trade Show Coming February 9
Peanut farmers across the Southeast are urged to mark February 9 on their calendar. As Tyron Spearman reports, that will be the date for this year’s Alabama-Florida Peanut Trade Show. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides …
Ag in Review for the Week Ending January 20, 2017
In our recap of agricultural news from around the Southeast for the week ending January 20, we talk about former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue being picked to serve as Agriculture Secretary, how efforts to see the withdrawal of WOTUS is happening on three different levels, have information about Southeast lawmakers serving on both the House and Senate Agriculture Committees, strawberries …
Georgia Agribusiness Council Following Water Fight
January 24 is the deadline given to Georgia and Florida by a special master appointed by the U.S. Supreme Court to reach a framework for settlement in their legal fight over water rights. According to Georgia Agribusiness Council President Bryan Tolar, the Georgia General Assembly is waiting to see how that all comes out. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides …
February Signup Deadline for Two Florida NRCS Programs
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Florida wants to remind landowners about signup deadlines coming up next month. The first one is for 2017 funding to help Florida ag producers improve working lands through the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP). That deadline is February 3. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship …