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Preventing Erosion
The fall and winter months are the best times to install ground cover plants that can help with erosion control. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida 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 …
Slight Improvement in Drought Areas
The latest drought monitor report shows just over 60 percent of the country is still under drought conditions, a slight improvement due to the recent rains across the South and Southeast. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …
Sweet Corn
Is it possible to make sweet corn even sweeter? Everett Griner tells us just how this is being done. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida 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 …
New COO for FFA
The National FFA Organization has recently named Joshua Bledsoe of N.C., the chief operating officer of the more than 550 thousand member organization. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida 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 …
GA & AL Included in Latest USDA Drought Declaration and AL Congressman Appointed to House Ag Committee
USDA has made their first disaster declaration for 2013 and numerous counties in both AL and GA were included. Tyron Spearman has the details along with a story regarding the appointment of an AL Congressman to the House Ag Committee. Drought Declaration Download Audio Ag Committee Appointment Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle …
UF/IFAS Entomology Department New Home to School of Ants Project
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The nationwide School of Ants has set up shop at the University of Florida, but picnickers can relax – none of its “students” are the six-legged variety. The school is an example of citizen science, a project where ordinary people collect and submit data for experts to review and compile. Participants collect ants from their yards and …
Tiny Trouble
Fire ants adapting to northern soils? This checked into by Everett Griner today. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida 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 Board …
5 Years Worth of Cuts to be Shoehorned into 4-Year Farm Bill
National Cotton Council President Mark Lange is concerned about how the ag sector will fare over the next 90 days in Congress. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida 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, …
Ag Committee Wants House Leadership to Commit to Farm Bill Debate
House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson has stated that he does not intend to markup a new farm bill until the House leadership guarantees farm policy legislation will be debated on the floor this year. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant …