Members of the Florida Cattlemen’s Association were in Tallahassee this week for their annual Legislative Quarterly meeting and Sam Ard, FCA Director of Governmental Affairs, says the main topic of discussion for them was new legislation introduced this week. Download Audio Sponsored ContentVerdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides …
Citrus Industry This Week: Fruit Drop; Crop Forecast; Grower Forum
Today’s issue of Citrus Industry This Week includes a report on fruit drop from Steve Farr, grove production manager with Ben Hill Griffin Inc.; details of the latest crop forecast; and a summary of a recent Highlands County grower forum. Want to learn more? Click here to subscribe free and view the current issue. Click here to subscribe to the …
Teamwork Restores Wetlands for Clean Water, Wildlife, Everglades
From USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Florida: GAINESVILLE, Fla., March 11, 2015 – Partnerships: they need a little give and take. Sometimes, they give a lot back. That was the case when the South Florida Water Management District teamed with USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Service, (NRCS) to restore a 533-acre area on the Williamson Ranch about six miles northwest …
Weather Prospects
Everett Griner talks about spring crops depend on various weather in today’s Agri View. Download Audio Sponsored ContentVerdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026Florida 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 …
Water Quality
Corporate entities like a nationally known brewer are among those joining USDA as part of a National Water Quality Initiative. Cathy Isom looks at just how important this is. Download Audio Sponsored ContentVerdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Resources To Researchers For Applied ResearchJune 12, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …
UF/IFAS Hosting One World Summit to Address Feeding the World’s Growing Population
From UF/IFAS GAINESVILLE, Fla. – How do you address all of the issues associated with feeding the world’s estimated 9 billion people by the year 2050? One way is to share great ideas and that’s exactly what more than 700 University of Florida students faculty, community members, industry professionals, and policy makers will be doing Friday at ONE WORLD, an …
Florida Cattlemen Visit Tallahassee
The Florida Cattlemen’s Association is holding their annual Legislative Quarterly meeting this week in Tallahassee. Over 130 cattlemen are in town talking with State Senators and Representatives on issues of importance to the cattle industry. Henry Kempfer from Deer Park, Florida is FCA President and explains what this day is all about. . Download Audio Sponsored ContentVerdant Robotics Offers Growers …
Limagrain group tours UF Research Station in Citra, Florida
The week-long executives tour and educational program involves board members and the executive team from Limagrain, a leading global seed company uniquely owned by farmers in France. A group of international and US journalists has been touring the state as well, and joined the Limagrain leaders group in Gainesville for this university portion of the program. Sponsored ContentVerdant Robotics Offers …
Now Is a Good Time to Get BQA Certified
In this week’s BQA Quality Report, brought to you by your state and national checkoff funded Beef Quality Assurance programs, Auburn University’s Frank Owsley is pleased that producers can go through the BQA certification process online for free. And he encourages you to do so before this offer expires on April 15th. Download Audio Get to know your BQA program …
IFAS a Lead Organizer of Recent HLB Conference
IFAS was a lead organizer of the recent international HLB conference held in Orlando and Dr. Jack Payne, Senior Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources at UF, says it was an incredibly diverse array of scientific presentations on everything from attacking the psyllid to the use of the “omics” sciences to unlock secrets of the disease. Download Audio Sponsored …