Ag in Review for the Week Ending September 4, 2015

In this week’s recap of agricultural news from around the Southeast, we talk about the signup for the Margin Protection Program for dairy producers which is set to end on September 30th, international weather experts have put out a new forecast for the current El Nino, there was a change to the peanut posted price this past week, a brand …

NIMITZ(r) receives Section 24(c) label for direct-seeded crops in Florida counties

Network Sponsor Message for South Florida Counties: Raleigh, NC (September 4, 2015) – ADAMA announces that NIMITZ nematicide has received a FIFRA Section 24(c) Special Local Need (SLN) label for Miami-Dade, Lee, Hendry, Manatee, Hardee and Hillsborough counties in Florida. Granted by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Section 24(c) label expands the use of NIMITZ to …

Food Expiration-part 1

In this the first part of her series on food expiration Cathy Isom tells us how expiration dates on packaging may be misleading consumers into tossing out perfectly good food. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Resources To Researchers For Applied ResearchJune 12, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Encourages Research into Producers QuestionsJune 5, 2026Cattle Producers Proud of Efforts …

WOTUS Fight Continues

Congress returns next week and the fight over stopping the Environmental Protection Agency’s controversial “Waters of the U.S.” rule will resume. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Resources To Researchers For Applied ResearchJune 12, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Encourages Research into Producers QuestionsJune 5, 2026Cattle Producers Proud of Efforts Funded Through the Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardMay 29, 2026Florida …

New Forecast for a Very Strong El Nino

International weather experts have put out a new forecast for the current El Nino, and Gary Crawford has an update on what we might expect. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Resources To Researchers For Applied ResearchJune 12, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Encourages Research into Producers QuestionsJune 5, 2026Cattle Producers Proud of Efforts Funded Through the Florida Cattle …

Inflation

Everett Griner talks about the food cost increase since the great depression in today’s Agri View. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Resources To Researchers For Applied ResearchJune 12, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Encourages Research into Producers QuestionsJune 5, 2026Cattle Producers Proud of Efforts Funded Through the Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardMay 29, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funding Crucial …

Using Organic Methods to Improve Soil Health

Cathy Isom tells us how the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is lending a helping hand to organic farmers. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Resources To Researchers For Applied ResearchJune 12, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Encourages Research into Producers QuestionsJune 5, 2026Cattle Producers Proud of Efforts Funded Through the Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardMay 29, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …

Citrus Grower Discusses HLB Stabilization, PFD and Blight

Citrus Expo panelist Marty McKenna shares his thoughts about several diseases, including why groves in Florida’s southern citrus belt may be stabilizing in the face of HLB. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Resources To Researchers For Applied ResearchJune 12, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Encourages Research into Producers QuestionsJune 5, 2026Cattle Producers Proud of Efforts Funded Through the …

New Web Site Gives Easy Access to Cotton Information

Cotton Cultivated is a brand new website which was developed to give the cotton growing community quick and easy access to important cotton information. Director of Agricultural Research for Cotton Incorporated, Ryan Kurtz, invites cotton growers to try it out. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Resources To Researchers For Applied ResearchJune 12, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Encourages …

USDA Designates Collier County in Florida as a Primary Natural Disaster Area

From the U.S. Department of Agriculture: WASHINGTON, Sep. 2, 2015 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated Collier County in Florida as a primary natural disaster area due to damages and losses caused by a recent drought. Farmers and ranchers in Broward, Hendry, Lee, Miami-Dade and Monroe counties in Florida also qualify for natural disaster assistance because Sponsored …