This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is about the Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, which provides Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program participants with coupons that can be used to purchase locally grown, fresh Florida fruits and vegetables. More information is available online by clicking on WIC/FMNP. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For …
Fresh Squeezed Tires: Yokohama Uses Citrus Byproduct
An article recently posted on the “Car and Driver” Web site reports that Yokohama has come out some new “orange oil” tires made in part with high-quality citrus oil. Southeast AgNet’s Ernie Neff has the juicy tire news. Download Audio Register Now for the Florida Citrus Industry Annual Conference June 9-11 Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker …
Genetically Modified Crops in EU
What would happen if you gave each country the right to choose? Everett Griner explains. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To …
Vilsack Announces Purchase of Up to $6 Million of Fresh Tomatoes
WASHINGTON, June 4, 2010 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced USDA’s intention to purchase up to $6 million of fresh tomatoes for federal food nutrition assistance programs. “USDA has been carefully monitoring the situation in Florida in order to determinate how we can help growers get through the very difficult situation caused by the freeze earlier this year,” said …
Citrus Expo: Plan Now To Stay For Day Two
Here are just a few reasons you won’t want to miss the second day (Aug. 19) of Citrus Expo 2010: Day-two seminars will include key feature presentations with important information every grower needs to know about controlling the latest threat to Florida’s groves – citrus black spot. This year’s seminar series has been planned as a complete day-and-a-half package. To best benefit …
AL NRCS Updates Rules for CSP
On Thursday USDA announced they had published the final regulations governing the Conservation Stewardship Program and John Curtis, Resource Conservationist with the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama, says there have been a few changes. Download Audio To learn more about CSP click Here Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle …
FL Announces Extra Harvesting Day for Apalachicola Oysters
Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson and Chairman Rodney Barreto of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) today announced that the summer oyster harvesting areas in the Apalachicola Bay System will now include harvest on Saturdays, giving fishermen six days of harvesting per week. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to …
Preventing Food Bourne Diseases
What is being done to fight this? Everett Griner explains how what is being done is working. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided …
Gulf Coast Bracing for Effects on Ag from Oil Spill
The oil spill is beginning to have a larger impact on agriculture in the gulf coast and USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey says normal wind patterns this time of year could make it worse. Download Audio News post sponsor: AGROTAIN® controls nitrogen loss for higher yields. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida …