Everett Griner talks about the lagging enrollment in agriculture colleges in today’s Agri View. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities …
Toolkits
If you’re looking to start a Farmer’s Market or a local food system hub in your area, Cathy Isom lets you know toolkits are available at your fingertips for starting your own farmer’s market or other local food activity. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida …
State of Florida Picks Up Feds’ Portion of Ranch Deal
FROM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA By JIM TURNER THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, May 10, 2016………. The state is picking up $1.5 million that the federal government had been expected to contribute to a deal to conserve 1,617 acres of ranch land and panther habitat in eastern Collier County. Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Cabinet, expressing unhappiness, agreed Tuesday to …
Florida Preserves More Environmentally Sensitive Working Land
Central Florida Ranchers Preserve More than 3,700 Acres of Environmentally Sensitive Working Land From the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services: TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Governor and Cabinet today unanimously approved the preservation of more than 3,700 acres of agricultural land in Osceola County from development, while allowing the land and agriculture operations to continue to contribute to Florida’s …
2016 Flavors of Florida
The University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) put on the third annual Flavors of Florida event at the UF President’s House in Gainesville on May 9. The event was designed to showcase the edible research products of the UF/IFAS Plant Innovation Center and celebrate the accomplishments of Field and Fork (the campus food pantry) and other …
Many Issues Waiting on Congress
We’ve talked before about the fact this is an election year, and thus not a lot of action by our lawmakers will actually take place between now and November. But National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s Vice President of Government Affairs, Colin Woodall, says there are a lot of issues out there that are important to agriculture. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle …
People’s Garden
The concept of the People’s Garden is generally one that’s tended by volunteers and a lot of the food from it donated to local food banks and such. Cathy Isom gives us why the number of so-called “People’s Gardens” has grown so rapidly in the last seven years and why we could soon be seeing even more of them soon. …
Concerns with Presidential Candidates on Trade and TPP
While many in agriculture are pushing for Congress to pass the Trans Pacific Trade (TPP) deal, there are some concerned with comments from current Presidential candidates about trade. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides …
Competitive CRP Enrollment Process
Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the enrollment of more than 800,000 acres in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) through the program’s 49th sign up period. Farm Service Agency Administrator Val Dolcini explains some of the reasons he believes this was the most competitive Conservation Reserve Program acreage enrollment period in the program’s thirty year history. Download …
Florida Commissioner’s Spotlight: Agriculture Literacy Day
On this week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight, Florida’s Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam talks about Florida’s Agriculture Literacy Day in which volunteers visited elementary school classrooms to educate students on the importance of agriculture. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida …