USDA’s Farm Service Agency will allow producers who would otherwise be ineligible for the new disaster assistance programs to become eligible by paying a fee as required by the 2008 farm bill. Read more from USDA here. Listen to report here: Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …
Welcome To New Southeast AgNet Website
The websites for Southeast AgNet and AgNet Online are being combined into one southeast ag news portal which will make for a much more user friendly experience for you. We’re in the final stages of making the changes so bear with us. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, 2026Florida Cattle …
Direct Payments Available at FSA Office
Advanced Direct Payments now available.Ă‚Â This announcement made by U. S. Secretary of AgricultureĂ‚Â Schafer.Ă‚Â USDA’s Farm Service Agency distributes direct payments for the Commodity Credit Corporation. For more information on DCP, visit your local USDA Service Center or http://www.fsa.usda.gov. Also in this report Tyron Spearman lets us know that the Southern Peanut Growers Conference award winners have been announced …
Happy Energy Independence Day
As we celebrate our country’s independence this weekend, many in the agriculture industry are continuing to push towards energy independence with the help of biofuels like soy biodiesel. Report(1:00 mp3) A provision in the Farm Bill allows excess sugar to be made into ethanol. Report(1:00 mp3) And USDA is researching a number of “power plants” that could provide biomass for …
New NASS Administrator Announced
The National Agriculture Statistics Service has a new administrator as Dr. Cynthia Clark has been named toĂ‚Â fill that position. Ă‚Â Report (:20 mp3) USDA NASS Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement …
Sugar Lobby Icon “D-Y” Retires from DC, Returns to Florida
This news post taken from an American Sugar Alliance communique this week noting that Dalton Yancey is moving back to Florida to retire after years of service to the sugar industry in Washington D. C. Some of us have known Dalton simply as “D-Y” since way back when he represented the Florida Sugar Cane League. AgNet hats are off to …
Cotton Acreage Declines
The National Agriculture Statistics Service released their planted acreage numbers this morning, and according to Shiela Corley in the Washington D.C. office, cotton numbers for this season are down. Report (2:55 mp3) Report (1:00 mp3) USDA NASS Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding …
CITRUS EXPO: Most Comprehensive Seminars for All Growers!
August 20 & 21 Lee Civic Center Ft Myers is the date this year for the World’s Premier Citrus Expo, still free for citrus growers and unquestionably the best attended citrus grower seminar and trade show event anywhere. Citrus Expo planning is entering its home stretch and only a few exhibit spaces remain available. Exhibitors should visit the website and …
NASS Acreage Report Due Out June 30
The National Ag Statistics Service will be releasing the 2008 acreage report on Monday. The report, which takes a look at the major row crops in the country, is mostly considered important for the Midwest but Jim Ewing with the Florida NASS office says our state has its share of those crops as well. Report (1:00 mp3) USDA NASS Sponsored …
Sealing a Sweet Deal
Florida Governor Charlie Crist called the deal announced this week to buy US Sugar the missing link to providing true restoration of the Everglades. Meanwhile, US Sugar president Robert Buker says the sugar industry will remain strong. Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …