Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson has announced that Colleen Boggs of Homestead has been selected to receive the “Woman of the Year in Agriculture” award for 2007. Boggs is owner and president of Pine Island Nursery, a family-owned and operated nursery in southern Miami-Dade County. Established in 1972, Pine Island Nursery is a leading producer and exporter of tropical fruits, …
No Farm Bill for the Holidays
An extension of the 2002 Farm Bill through next year is becoming more likely. Report (1:00 mp3) Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida 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, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The …
Payment Limit Problems
A lot of the holdup on getting a new farm bill put together has to do with payments limits, as Tyron Spearman looks at where that issue stands at this time.  Report (1:30 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …
Farm-City Week Underway
Today is the official start to the annual Farm-City Week, as it always runs the week ending on Thanksgiving Day. The National Farm City Council works every year to help consumers understand the importance of agriculture. Report (:30 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the …
No Progress on Farm Bill
Still not much happening in the Senate with the Farm Bill, and Tyron Spearman reports some feel it could be quite a while before we will actually see a new one passed.  Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida Cattle …
Farm Bill Delays are not Uncommon
As we continue to wait on the Senate to work out their version of the 2007 Farm Bill, Florida Congressman Adam Putnam says delays in getting a new farm bill is not uncommon.  Report (1:30 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, 2026Florida Cattle …
Possibile Farm Bill Delay
Tyron Spearman looks at what some in Washington D.C. are saying about the fact we may not see a new farm bill this year.  Report (:50 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida 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 …
Protected: Agriculture Census Coming Up Soon
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Farm Bill Extension Talk
Talk on Capitol Hill is turning towards extending the 2002 Farm Bill again, since the current continuing resolution expires on Friday. Report (1:30 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida 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, 2026Valley …
Former UF vice president for agricultural affairs Kenneth Tefertiller dies at 77
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Agricultural economist Kenneth Ray Tefertiller, head of the University of Florida’s agriculture program from 1973 to 1988 and a retired professor of food and resource economics, died today. Tefertiller had lived in Gainesville since 1965, when he arrived at UF to take a position as a professor and chairman of what was then called the agricultural economics department. …
