While in Washington DC last week, the Southeast AgNet team had an opportunity to visit with Senator Saxby Chambliss about how representatives from all regions of agriculture come together to tackle the unique challenges Southeastern Agriculture faces. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida Cattle IndustryOctober 31, 2025Florida …
Keeping Critters Out
Those who have a home garden know that the critters often get more of the goods than they do. The question is what can you do about it? Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida Cattle IndustryOctober 31, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Unique Opportunity For Applied ResearchOctober …
FL Farm Bureau: Estate Tax Harmful to Family Farms & Consumers
Thought we’d share an open letter to the news media from Florida Farm Bureau President John Hoblick: Like most Americans, family farmers and ranchers are affected by the current economic situation facing our nation. Unfortunately, farmers and ranchers face an added economic hardship: the federal estate taxes that come due when a family member dies. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember …
GA Governor Signs Landowner Protection Act
Last Friday Governor Sonny Perdue signed into law House Bill 529 which limits liability concerns for landowners who open their property to hunters and agri-tourists, along with ensuring that no local government can adopt any regulation of crop management or animal husbandry practices. Something that pleases Georgia Cattlemen’s Association President Bill Nutt. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle …
FL Ag Bills Fail as Legislature to Vote on Budget Friday
The Florida Legislative session was scheduled to end this past Friday, May 1st and while most of the business did wrap up that night, Director of Governmental Affairs for the Florida Cattlemen’s Association Sam Ard said the budget was carried over to this week. Ag Bills: Budget: Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful …
Leaders Issue Statement Concerning Pork
While efforts continue to prevent expansion of overreaction to the H1N1 virus, the three North American countries strongly urged the international community not to use the outbreak of the influenza as a reason to create unnecessary trade restrictions. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida Cattle IndustryOctober 31, …
USDA Report: World Food Shortages Could Lie Ahead
This report features Bud Philbrook of USDA’s International Programs (left) and Michael Scuse of USDA’s Domestic Programs (right), discussing possible world food shortages in the years ahead and the reasons for them. Both these gentlemen spoke to our group of Farm Broadcasters during our visits to Washington D C last week. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement …
USDA Report: Citrus Production Long Term Outlook
In this recent report USDA Radio’s Gary Crawford (right) features citrus production trends and outlook comments from USDA Chief Economist Joe Glauber (left). We saw and spoke to both of them last week while with a couple dozen other members of the National Association of Farm Broadcasters on our annual “Washington Watch” trip to D C. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester …
NCBA Continues to Fight Death Tax
Colin Woodall, Executive Director of Legislative Affairs for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, wants producers to know they continue fighting to eliminate the death tax as they get stories everyday from operations who have had to sell off assets just to pay their taxes. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future …
Proposed Refinements to Renewable Fuels
Today Tyron Spearman has information from EPA concerning refinements to the renewable fuels standard, and also how the name of the latest influenza has been changed to help protect the hog indsutry. Renewable Fuels: H1N1 Influenza: Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the Future of the Florida Cattle IndustryOctober 31, 2025Florida Cattle …