Honeybee Research Expanding Far Beyond Colony Collapse Disorder

For the last several years any talks of honeybees has been quickly followed by discussions of colony collapse disorder, USDA entomologist Bart Smith says that while discovering the cause and hopefully the solution for colony collapse disorder is an extremely important issue, it actually isn’t the only one concerning the industry. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production …

Preventing Invasive Pest from Invading Summer Travel

Summertime often means vacation time and Greg Rosenthal with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service reminds those traveling abroad to be aware of rules and regulations designed to prevent the introduction of invasive pests. 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 …

Southern Crops Getting a Reprieve from the Weather

USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey says Southeastern farmers are faring much better than those in the Midwest when it comes to crop condition, and there is more favorable weather in the forecast. 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 …

Midwest Drought Affecting Crop Prices

This week’s crop progress report released by USDA is showing that 30 percent of the nation’s corn crop is rated poor to very poor with 27 percent of the soybean crop in the same condition. And that is of course affecting crop prices as Tyron Spearman has the details. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, …

Cattle Thieves

Modern day rustling still exists. Everett Griner tells us how the problem is across the country, not just in one area. 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 …

Power Outages and the Food in Your Refrigerator and Freezer

The threat of bad weather could also threaten your food safety. Diane Van with USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service gives us a few tips regarding power outages and the food in your refrigerator and freezer. Refrigerator: Download Audio Freezer: Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary …

Preliminary Look at House Farm Bill

As the House Agriculture Committee gets set to start working on their version of the 2012 farm bill, Tyron Spearman has a quick look at what they will be focusing on. 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 …

FL Commissioner’s Spotlight on Florida Intrastate Moving

In this week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam talks about what to consider when choosing a company to move your belongings when relocating within the state. More information is available online by clicking on Household Intrastate Moving. Download Audio You can follow Florida Commissioner Adam Putnam on Facebook or Twitter. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay …

Unnoticed Inflation

Today Everett Griner discusses why food price complaints are not registering. 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 and UF-IFASApril …

Website Audio Stream Test for Citrus Crop Webcast

CLICK HERE to TEST your audio stream for our upcoming “LIVE” webcast coverage of the release of USDA’s monthly Citrus Crop Forecast program to begin at about 8:30 a. m. Wednesday morning July 11, 2012. Hear the audio stream in this post to TEST your system, and stay tuned for the LIVE website audio stream program to begin about 8:30 a. m. Wednesday morning …