USDA announced the final rule to initiate a voluntary product certification and labeling program for qualifying bio-based products was published today in the Federal Register. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle IndustryFebruary 20, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Allows Viable Research in the Cattle IndustryFebruary 6, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Track Record Well Received …
Southeast Democrats on House Ag Committee
Representative Collin Peterson, ranking member of the House Ag Committee, has announced the Democratic members who will serve on the House Ag Committee during the 112th Congress. The appointments, made by the Democratic Caucus, include 13 returning members and seven new members. Included on that list from the Southeast are David Scott from Georgia and Terri Sewell of Alabama. Sponsored …
House Approves Health Care Repeal
The House of Representatives did pass the Health Care Reform law in a 245 to 189 vote yesterday as House Republicans are beginning work on specific bills intended to dismantle the health care law. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack expressed disappointment with the U.S. House vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act saying folks in rural America have suffered from …
Mulit-vitamins
With surveys showing that about half of the adults in the US are taking some sort of multi-vitamin, there has been some concerns raised on whether those vitamins actually contain what they claim on the labels and in the amounts shown. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle IndustryFebruary 20, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …
Kentucky Fried
Horses and Mint Juleps are losing ground. Everett Griner tells us of another image people can carry when thinking of Kentucky. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle IndustryFebruary 20, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Allows Viable Research in the Cattle IndustryFebruary 6, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Track Record Well Received By LegislatorsJanuary 30, 2026Florida …
ACA Building Stays Busy
The Alabama Cattlemen’s Association office has been a busy place this past week as Dr. Billy Powell said their building, right there on Capitol Hill in Montgomery, is a major asset for cattle producers across the state. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle IndustryFebruary 20, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Allows Viable Research in …
Health Bill Repeal Would Hurt Rural America
There are some in Congress who want to repeal the Affordable Care Act that passed last year, but when it comes to health care, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told me this morning it’s tough to take rural America and farm country forward if some folks want to take us backwards. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted …
Monsanto Expands Seed Treatment Options
Monsanto Seed Treatment Marketing Manager Tom Schaefer talks about their seed treatment plan Acceleron is now avaiable in certain cotton varieties giving growers some choices. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle IndustryFebruary 20, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Allows Viable Research in the Cattle IndustryFebruary 6, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Track Record Well Received …
UF College of Agriculture Has Good Interns Anxious to Work!
Anne Marie Mattison from University of Florida’s College of Agriculture, Food & Resource Economics Department attended the recent winter joint luncheon of the Florida Fertilizer and Agrichemical Association and Florida Chapter of the National Agri-Marketing Association, where she and students presented the progress of the GATOR NAMA club and invited Florida agribusinesses to consider interns for work in their operations. …
Could Babies Born To Farmers Be Healthier Than Other Babies?
Plenty of room to play, learning the meaning of good hard work, understanding where and how your food and fiber comes to being…those are just a few good reasons on why many people want their children to grow up on a farm, but now it looks like their may be another to add to the list as Reuters says that …