Here are the numbers complied from this week’s Florida Livestock Auctions by the Florida Federal-State Livestock Market News Service. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Track Record Well Received By LegislatorsJanuary 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Supports Beef Education and Promotion ProgramsJanuary 23, 2026Florida Cattle Producers Proactive In Research Efforts Funded by the Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 16, 2026Florida Cattle Industry …
Florida Citrus Commission Makes R & D Foundation Appointments
FLORIDA CITRUS COMMISSION APPOINTS DIRECTORS TO CITRUS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION Lakeland, Fla. — The Florida Citrus Commission (FCC) appointed five industry leaders to serve on the board of directors for the newly formed Citrus Research and Development Foundation, Inc. (CRDF) The foundation is a not-for-profit arm of the University of Florida, called a university direct-support organization, established to manage …
Highlands Enlists Help of Appraisers on Abandoned Citrus Groves
Highlands County Citrus Growers Association has been working with its County Appraiser’s office to set up a system so as not to penalize growers who remove blocks of trees as part of the Citrus Health Response Plan (CHRP). HCCGA Executive Ray Royce shares the wording of the local rule as it presently stands: HIGHLANDS COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER POLICY FOR THE …
More Responsibility Needed for Food Safety
Tyron Spearman today has information concerning the FDA and how they now are more equipped to handle disease outbreaks after the recent salmonella problem. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Track Record Well Received By LegislatorsJanuary 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Supports Beef Education and Promotion ProgramsJanuary 23, 2026Florida Cattle Producers Proactive In Research Efforts Funded by the Florida Cattle Enhancement …
FL Ag Nuisance Claim Waiver Act
One bill the Florida Cattlemen’s Association continues to follow during the 2009 Florida Legislative session is one that will create the agricultural nuisance claim waiver act. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Track Record Well Received By LegislatorsJanuary 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Supports Beef Education and Promotion ProgramsJanuary 23, 2026Florida Cattle Producers Proactive In Research Efforts Funded by the Florida …
H2A Brouhaha Brewing Over Labor Dept Move To Suspend Rules
The recent move by the U S Labor Department to suspend the rules put in place in January, making the H2A labor program more efficient and workable for farmers, has struck a raw nerve in labor intensive areas of farm country. With only ten days open for public comment, farmers and the folks who represent them are scrambling to provide …
Alabama Celebrates National Ag Day
Commissioner of Agriculture & Industries Ron Sparks has announced that Alabama will celebrate today as National Ag Day encouraging people across the country to remember that our food and fiber begins in the hands of a farmer. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Track Record Well Received By LegislatorsJanuary 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Supports Beef Education and Promotion ProgramsJanuary 23, …
SAVE OUR CITRUS – Now A Nationwide Effort
USDA/APHIS in collaboration with citrus industry officials and grower representatives from throughout the country has mounted a nationwide multi-media effort to reach those involved in moving citrus plants around. Visit the website at http://www.saveourcitrus.org and hear more about it in this report. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Track Record Well Received By LegislatorsJanuary 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Supports Beef …
FL Farm Bureau Votes to Join Ag Coalition
(Gainesville, Fla.) – The Florida Farm Bureau Federation will join Agriculture for a Democratic Workplace (ADW), a national coalition of agriculture associations unified to oppose the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). The EFCA would amend the National Labor Relations Act to make it easier for employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations. The EFCA would also deny workers their …
Miles and Miles of Pine Trees
One type of the pine tree is near extinction. Which is it? Everett Griner tells us and tells us what is being done to revive it. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Track Record Well Received By LegislatorsJanuary 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Supports Beef Education and Promotion ProgramsJanuary 23, 2026Florida Cattle Producers Proactive In Research Efforts Funded by the Florida …