Mark Hudson, of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service in Washington, D.C., issued the May citrus crop forecast with increases for Florida in non-Valencias, Valencias, grapefruit and tangerines. Hudson offered the reason for such increases this month. No increases were reported for California due to the April numbers being carried over. Download Audio Commissioner Adam Putnam …
Final 2015 Cotton Numbers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS) has released the final production figures from the 2015 cotton crop. Angie Considine, with NASS in Washington, D.C., reports the crop was down 21 percent from the previous year. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida …
Many Issues Waiting on Congress
We’ve talked before about the fact this is an election year, and thus not a lot of action by our lawmakers will actually take place between now and November. But National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s Vice President of Government Affairs, Colin Woodall, says there are a lot of issues out there that are important to agriculture. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle …
Weather Losses
Everett Griner talks about the March storms dealing heavy weather losses to producers in today’s Agri View. Download Audio 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 Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …
People’s Garden
The concept of the People’s Garden is generally one that’s tended by volunteers and a lot of the food from it donated to local food banks and such. Cathy Isom gives us why the number of so-called “People’s Gardens” has grown so rapidly in the last seven years and why we could soon be seeing even more of them soon. …
Concerns with Presidential Candidates on Trade and TPP
While many in agriculture are pushing for Congress to pass the Trans Pacific Trade (TPP) deal, there are some concerned with comments from current Presidential candidates about trade. Download Audio 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 …
Cattle Health Is Extremely Important
During last week’s annual Florida Beef Cattle Short Course in Gainesville, one of the speakers was Dr. Max Irsick, beef cattle Extension veterinarian with the University of Florida, who talked about the importance of cattle health, especially for calves. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida …
Competitive CRP Enrollment Process
Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the enrollment of more than 800,000 acres in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) through the program’s 49th sign up period. Farm Service Agency Administrator Val Dolcini explains some of the reasons he believes this was the most competitive Conservation Reserve Program acreage enrollment period in the program’s thirty year history. Download …
Florida Commissioner’s Spotlight: Agriculture Literacy Day
On this week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight, Florida’s Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam talks about Florida’s Agriculture Literacy Day in which volunteers visited elementary school classrooms to educate students on the importance of agriculture. Download Audio 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 …
Pollinator Extinction
Everett Griner talks about pollinator extinction not caused just by colony collapse disorder in today’s Agri View. Download Audio 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 Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …