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Florida Peanut Federation Pleased with Recent Meetings

Dan March 8, 2024 Florida Peanut Federation, Peanuts

The Florida Peanut Federation (FPF) members recently took part in meetings held at various locations in the North-central part of the state. That includes their annual meeting and two production meetings. Laura Goss, FPF Executive Director, explained to Southeast AgNet’s Randall Weiseman what the FPF is all about.

Florida Producers Invited to Attend Peanut, Cotton Meetings

Dan February 19, 2024 Cotton, Florida, Florida Peanut Federation, Florida Peanut Producers Association, Peanuts

There are a variety of meetings coming up that Florida peanut and cotton producers are invited to take part in. The first is coming up Thursday, February 22nd, as the Florida Peanut Federation (FPF) will hold a preseason meeting at the Hamilton County Extension Office in Jasper. It starts at 5:00pm EST, as various speakers will discuss varieties, diseases, economics, trials, and …

Five-Year Strategy for Fruit Flies Announced
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) has released its Fruit Fly Exclusion and Detection Program Strategy. The plan covers the period of 2024 to 2028. The agency called the document “a unified roadmap” for protecting American agriculture from the threat of invasive fruit flies. USDA APHIS worked with […]
Finger Lime Field Day Draws Mostly Non-Citrus Crowd
Only a few Florida commercial citrus growers were on hand for an April 24 finger lime field day at the Citrus Research and Education Center (CREC) in Lake Alfred. Most of the more than 40 attendees did not own citrus groves, and about half were women — definitely not the standard crowd for a CREC […]