TALLAHASSEE — Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson will join senior food safety officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to meet with Florida produce growers to get their input and concerns about the impact that increased food safety regulations will have on small farmers. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle …
Benefits of Seafood During Pregnancy
Most pregnant women and new moms aren’t aware of the many benefits of eating seafood, both for themselves and their growing babies. In this four-part series Dr. James McGregor, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Southern California School of Medicine, sheds light on a study that shows the benefits of seafood in a pregnant woman’s diet. Sponsored …
Sunbelt Ag Expo Day 2
It’s day two of the 2009 Sunbelt Ag Expo as Tyron Spearman looks at some of the hi-lights of what’s coming up today and what happened yesterday. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Resources To …
A New Definition
Volatility creating uncertainty. Everett Griner tells us about “chicken feed”. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant 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, 2026
Sunbelt Ag Expo Kicks Off with New Technical Seminars
Today is the first day of the 2009 Sunbelt Ag Expo and Executive Director Chip Blalock says that along with their usual full schedule of seminars, demo’s and exhibits they also have a new seminar initiative to prepare producers for next year’s crop. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers …
School Lunch
Everett Griner tells us how the children are to be getting more fruits and veggies. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant 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 …
FL Using In-Vessel Composting
There are currently projects underway in Florida to show how dairy, poultry and horse farms, can increase their profits by recycling excess biomass through in-vessel composting as Cooper McMillan with the South Dade Soil and Water Conservation District, says this is done by using aerobic digestion. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant …
AL Reminds Producers about EQIP
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama wants to remind producers about the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) as their Resource Conservationist, John Curtis, talks about some of it’s many benefits. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …
Sunbelt Ag Expo Kicks Off Tomorrow
Setup by the various exhibitors is well underway today at the Sunbelt Ag Expo in Moultrie, Georgia as Gina McDonald, Sunbelt’s Director of Marketing & Public Relations, talks about what’s coming up for the annual event. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through …
USDA Confirms 2009 H1N1 Influenza Virus Present In Minnesota Fair Pig
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack: “U.S. Pork Is Safe to Eat” WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2009 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) has confirmed the presence of 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus in a pig sample collected at the Minnesota State Fair submitted by the University of Minnesota. Additional samples are being tested. Sponsored ContentFlorida …