This just in late Friday from the Florida Dept of Agriculture: WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS EASED ON TRANSPORTING POTATO CROP FROM NORTHEAST FLORIDA AS A RESULT OF FLOODING TALLAHASSEE — Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson today announced that weight restrictions on transporting potato crops out of northeast Florida have been eased as a result of flooding rains in …
Small Farms Conference
The Florida Natural Resources Conservation Service is encouraging landowners to attend the statewide Small Farms and Alternative Enterprise Conference. More information can be found on their website. Sponsored ContentValley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development …
Disney and Ad Council Help USDA Combat Childhood Obesity
In these two reports we will take a quick look at the childhood obesity epidemic and how the Ad Council and Disney are partnering with USDA in a campaign to get children healthier. Sponsored ContentValley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …
Citrus Industry “Squeezed” by New Book
The recently released book “Squeezed…” is making the rounds and ruffling a few feathers in the process. It appears some claims made by the book’s author, while not necessarily inaccurate, may be confusing people because of a negative tone of the claims being made. After seeing some of the hype about the book and related articles appearing about it recently …
BRONSON PASSES ON GOV RACE, Does Not Endorse McCollum
THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA – By KEITH LAING THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, May 21, 2009……….Saying there might not be enough political money to go around in a down economy when his party will be seeking to win races for the U.S. Senate and governor, Republican Agriculture Commissioner Charlie Bronson said Thursday that he would not run to replace Gov. Charlie …
Florida Farm Bureau Sees Rising Concern Over Crop Losses
(Gainesville, Fla. FFBF) – Florida Farm Bureau Federation continues to receive reports of crop damage in central and south Florida and in the panhandle, and concern over potential crop disasters is increasing. The state’s largest general agricultural organization noted parts of Florida have received more than 20 inches of rain this week. Sponsored ContentValley Helps Growers Get The Most Out …
Aquaculture Problems.
Challenge to commercial fishing. Everett Griner looks at what changes are coming. Sponsored ContentValley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026
Sunbelt FL Farmer Announced
It was announced this week by the Florida Farm Bureau Federation that Cary Lightsey, a Lake Wales producer, is the 2009 Florida Farmer of the Year. He will represent the state at the annual Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Ag Expo’s 2009 Farmer of the Year luncheon during the Sunbelt Agricultural Expo in Moultrie, Georgia on October 20, 2009. Sponsored ContentValley Helps Growers …
Climate Change
Real, or imaginary? Everett Griner looks at just what the cycles have been and might be. Sponsored ContentValley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026
Bill Would Lift Land Use Consideration From Energy Regs
The Renewable Fuel Standard Improvement Act, or H.R. 2409 has been introduced in an effort to eliminate the EPA requirement which considers indirect land use when calculating greenhouse gas emissions associated with advanced biofuels. Sponsored ContentValley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026Florida Cattle …