This information from the FL Dept of Agriculture: With T.S. Fay making its way through the state, wanted to make sure everyone is aware that under the new Supplemental Agriculture Disaster Programs included in the 2008 Farm Bill, producers must have crop insurance or non-insured crop disaster assistance (NAP) coverage for the land for which assistance is being requested, and …
FAY EXPECTED TO MOVE MOVE BACK OVER FLORIDA…BUT TAKING ITS TIME
FAY HAS BEEN STATIONARY DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. HOWEVER…A SLOW MOTION TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS FORECAST TO BEGIN SOON AND CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. AT 11:00 AM EDT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.3 NORTH…LONGITUDE 80.8 WEST OR ABOUT 15 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF DAYTONA BEACH FLORIDA. For the entire hurricane advisory …
Florida Conservation Districts Work With NRCS
The Association of Florida Conservation Districts met last week in Panama City and Florida Farm Bureau field services assistant director Eva Webb of Palm Beach County is this year’s president of the association. Webb says AFCD works closely in partnership with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Florida to help producers meet their conservation goals. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide …
Farm Bill Taking Shape
Tyron Spearman has an update on where things stand with the implementation of the new farm bill. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
CITRUS EXPO 2008 SEMINARS ONLY REPLACEMENT DAY 9-4
Since the forced cancellation of Citrus Expo this week due to official storm warnings and related factors, Citrus Expo has been working hard to research and secure some way of providing the important research updates and other materials readied for presentation to the grower and industry community. The Citrus Expo Seminars Day in this post will combine both days of …
Fay Drenches Florida Citrus Industry
For Immediate Release: From Florida Citrus Mutual LAKELAND, Fla. (August 20, 2008) – Tropical Storm Fay moved across the state Tuesday and Wednesday drenching the Florida citrus industry and sparing it of significant damage. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
UGA Cellulosic Grant
At the Southeast Bioenergy Conference last week, Senator Saxby Chambliss talked about a recent DOE grant for the University of Georgia to work on cellulosic ethanol. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
FL FB Annual Meeting Plans
Hundreds of farmers and ranchers from across the state will convene Oct. 8-10 at the Peabody Hotel in Orlando for the Florida Farm Bureau Federation’s 67th annual meeting. Organized around the theme “Growing for Tomorrow,†the meeting will offer events centered around Florida Farm Bureau Women, Young Farmers and Ranchers, legislative action and education, awards for county leaders and environmental …
Hurricane Forecast Increased
We’ve had a two-year break from hurricanes here in the southeast, but activity is definitely getting a little closer to home this year. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
Crop Sunscreen
Protecting crops from harmful UV rays is the goal of a new crop sunscreen product from a company called Purfresh. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024