With the grilling season now officially upon us we have a series of reports to ensure the food on your grill is not only good, but good for you. 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 …
Weight Restrictions Eased To Help NE FL Potato Harvest
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 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 …
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 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 …
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 ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For …
Aquaculture Problems.
Challenge to commercial fishing. Everett Griner looks at what changes are coming. 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 Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, …
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 ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement …
Climate Change
Real, or imaginary? Everett Griner looks at just what the cycles have been and might be. 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 Highlight …