USDA has released their annual report on Expenditures on Children by Families, finding that a middle-income family with a child born in 2011 can expect to spend about $235 thousand for food, shelter, and other necessities to raise that child over the next 17 years. Download Audio Sponsored ContentVerdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June …
Amendments Weighing Down Farm Bill
When it comes to the Senate version of the 2012 farm bill, Tyron Spearman reports today that more and more amendments are being tacked on causing a slow-down in any movement on the bill. Download Audio Sponsored ContentVerdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Resources To Researchers For Applied …
Price Index for Veggies Continues to go Down
Agriculture Department Economist Ricky Volpe says vegetables sold for seven percent less last month versus a year ago. Download Audio Sponsored ContentVerdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Resources To Researchers For Applied ResearchJune 12, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Encourages Research into Producers QuestionsJune 5, 2026Cattle Producers Proud of …
FL Gov Scott to Citrus Growers: E-Verify For Them Would Be Foolish
THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA – By DAVID ROYSE – THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, June 14, 2012…….Gov. Rick Scott, who said while campaigning for governor that he would require employers to use the federal E-Verify system to check immigration status, now acknowledges that requiring the agriculture industry to use it would put growers at a disadvantage. Sponsored ContentVerdant Robotics Offers Growers …
Empty Seats
Everett Griner tells us about an invention that will probably cost farm workers jobs. Download Audio Sponsored ContentVerdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Resources To Researchers For Applied ResearchJune 12, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Encourages Research into Producers QuestionsJune 5, 2026Cattle Producers Proud of Efforts Funded Through the …
GFVGA Encourages Growers to Contact Senators About Farm Bill
With the Senate in the process of taking up the 2012 Farm Bill, the Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association encourages growers to contact their Senators to urge passage to ensure that important programs for specialty crops continue. Download Audio Sponsored ContentVerdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Resources …
Georgia Cattlemen Planning for Summer Conference
The 2nd annual Georgia Cattlemen’s Association Summer Conference will take place July 26-28 at Jekyll Island. Download Audio For an agenda or to register for the conference online go to www.gabeef.org/gca/summerconference.htm Sponsored ContentVerdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Resources To Researchers For Applied ResearchJune 12, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …
The Warming of Our Oceans
A new computer model claims that the warming of our oceans can not be attributed to natural fluctuations alone. Download Audio Sponsored ContentVerdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Resources To Researchers For Applied ResearchJune 12, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Encourages Research into Producers QuestionsJune 5, 2026Cattle Producers Proud …
ASA Defends Checkoff, Voices Strong Opposition to Amendment
June 14, 2012… St. Louis, Mo…. In a letter to Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Ranking Member Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), the American Soybean Association (ASA) joined agricultural stakeholder groups from all corners of the industry in expressing its firm opposition to an amendment to the 2012 Farm Bill that would make federal research, promotion and marketing programs—also …
Sugar Program and Food Stamp Amendments both Tabled in Senate
Slow and steady seems to be the most accurate term to describe Senate Farm Bill efforts as USDA’s Gary Crawford has this report on the recent progress including some news on a few amendments that may be of interest to our specialty crop growers. Download Audio Sponsored ContentVerdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, …