With FDOC tax rate proposals indicating increases in all categories, a healthy debate is expected around the state as various grower groups meet to host the FDOC team and discuss marketing plans and other reasons for the increases. In the first report below, hear FDOC Executive Director Ken Keck explain reasons for the increase. In the second report, Keck discusses …
USDA DESIGNATES 41 ALABAMA COUNTIES PRIMARY NATURAL DISASTER AREAS
USDA DESIGNATES 41 ALABAMA COUNTIES PRIMARY NATURAL DISASTER AREAS Decision Allows Farmers and Ranchers to Apply for USDA Assistance WASHINGTON, May 17, 2007 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture designated 41 Alabama counties primary natural disaster areas due to unseasonably low temperatures, frost and freezing conditions that occurred from April 6, 2007, through April 8, 2007.Ă‚Â Those counties are: Sponsored …
AL and FL NRCS Hold Plant Materials Workshop
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service got together this week on Dauphin Island to demonstrate the importance of the Plant Materials program in hurricane recovery. Find out more about the NRCS Plant Materials Program. AL Report (2:00 wma) FL Report (1:00 wma) Sponsored ContentFL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World …
Reach for Stars Winner Waiting on Rain
A diversified farmer from Georgia who was one of this year’s winner of the American Soybean Association/John Deere Reach for the Stars contest is waiting on the weather to really give his new precision ag system a work out. Report (1:00 wma) Sponsored ContentFL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New …
Farm Broadcasters Help NASS
The National Agricultural Statistics Service is stepping up its efforts in the next Census of Agriculture to reach out to small, minority, rural lifestyle and beginning farmers. In Washington DC recently, Adminstrator Ron Bossecker told farm broadcasters that NASS would be relying on them heavily to make sure all farmers participate in the Census.. Report (1:00 wma) USDA NASS Sponsored …
FL Congressmen on COOL
Country of origin labeling was part of the 2002 Farm Bill but it has yet to be implemented. Gary Cooper was recently in Washington DC and asked Florida Congressmen Adam Putnam and Allen Boyd about COOL and what they think will happen in the next farm bill with the labeling issue. Putnam Report (1:00 wma) Boyd Report (1:00 wma) Sponsored …
USDA Makes Proposals
The USDA has presented several proposals which may affect the peanut industry along with several other agricultural interests.Ă‚Â Tyron Spearman tells us what these proposals are and hnow they may affect us. Ă‚Â Report (1:15 wma) Sponsored ContentFL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers …
COOL Soon to be a Topic Again
Country of Origin Labeling, according to David Ray with the American meat Institute, is something we will be hearing more and more about in the upcomingĂ‚Â weeks. Ă‚Â Report (1:00 wma) Sponsored ContentFL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or …
The Florida Report for May
Kerry Herndon, owner of Kerry’s Bromeliad Nursery, and Louis E. “Red” Larson, founder of the Larson family’s dairies, will be featured on “The Florida Report” Wednesday, May 16, 2007 at 6:30 pm (EDT) on RFD-TV, the cable and satellite network devoted to rural issues and lifestyles. Kerry’s Bromeliad Nursery is one of the largest potted orchid complexes in the world. …
House Passes Disaster Aid
The US House of Representatives last week passed a separate appropriations bill dealing with agricultural disaster aid by a vote of 302-120 — enough votes to override a threatened presidential veto. The bill would provide $3.5 billion in agricultural disaster assistance for producers affected by various weather conditions over the past two years. Eligibility is based on whether producers carried …