Monday, the Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame Foundation announced John L. Hundley as the 2022 Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame inductee. He will be recognized along with the class of 2021 inductees given last year’s banquet was cancelled due to COVID-19. Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried said, “The impact of agriculture on our state’s history, culture, and economy cannot be overstated. From …
Livestock Market Reports for Week Ended 9-24-2021
Here are the weekly livestock market reports for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia for the week ended September 24, 2021, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for all three states. AL Livestock Market Report: At Alabama Livestock Auctions, for the week ending September 24, 2021, receipts at 21 markets totaled an estimated 14,000 head compared to 16,450 last week and …
Florida Lawmakers Seek Answers on Black Farmer Marijuana License
(Tallahassee/NSF) — Black farmers in Florida have waited more than four years to vie for a license to participate in the state’s lucrative medical-marijuana industry. But it’s still unknown exactly how much longer they’ll have to continue to bide their time. Under the state’s medical marijuana law, one license must go to a grower who had been part of settled lawsuits …
Alabama-Florida Peanut Trade Show Coming in February
If you’re working already on setting up a 2022 calendar of events, then here’s a date to mark on it. The Alabama Peanut Producers Association and the Florida Peanut Producers Association invites producers to attend the 2022 Alabama-Florida Peanut Trade Show. It will be held February 3, 2022 at the National Peanut Festival Fairgrounds in Dothan, Alabama. The show was not held in 2021 due to …
Excitement Surrounds Return of Sunbelt Expo
By Clint Thompson The Sunbelt Ag Expo is less than a month away. After last year’s cancellation amid the onset of COVID-19, growers, industry leaders and vendors are excited to return to the event, scheduled for Oct. 19-21. According to Becca Turner, vice president, marketing and public relations at Sunbelt, the number of registered individual exhibitors scheduled to come to …
DeSantis, Florida Cabinet Approve Florida Forever Land Acquisitions, Conservation Easements
Six of the seven projects are within the newly designated Florida Wildlife Corridor (Tallahassee/Sept. 21, 2021-NSF) — Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet approved seven Florida Forever land acquisitions and conservation easements that will protect Florida’s fragile natural environments in Hardee, Hendry, Indian River, Leon, Okeechobee, and Santa Rosa counties. The properties approved today, totaling nearly 20,000 acres, will …
Commissioner Fried / FDACS Submit 2022-23 Legislative Budget Request
(Tallahassee, FL/Sept. 20, 2021-FDACS) — Last week, Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) submitted the department’s Legislative Budget Request (LBR) for Fiscal Year 2022-2023. “Despite the challenges of operating through a continuing pandemic, our core mission remains the same: to safeguard the public and support Florida agriculture. Our budget priorities are solutions-oriented and critical not only to our …
Florida Producers Invited to NRCS Local Working Group Meetings
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Florida invites local landowners and managers to attend Local Working Group Meetings. During these meetings, farmers, ranchers, forest landowners, conservation partners and the public can discuss natural resource needs and priorities for their county. Florida State Conservationist Juan Hernandez says these meetings are their major source of information. There are a variety of Local Working Group Meetings being …
Livestock Market Reports for Week Ended 9-17-2021
Here are the weekly livestock market reports for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia for the week ended September 17, 2021, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for all three states. AL Livestock Market Report: At Alabama Livestock Auctions, for the week ending Sep 17, 2021, receipts at 21 markets totaled an estimated 16,500 head compared to 16,508 last week and …
DeSantis, Cabinet Eye Conservation Deals
(TALLAHASSEE/September 15, 2021) — A series of land preservation deals, covering nearly 20,000 acres from the Devil’s Garden southwest of Lake Okeechobee to forest land in the Panhandle, will go before Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet next week with a combined price tag of $53.1 million. The proposals, which would mostly be funded through the Florida Forever program, …