From the University of Florida/IFAS: GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A majority of Floridians believe farmers are using water the right way, according to a survey by the UF/IFAS Center for Public Issues Education in Agriculture and Natural Resources. Nearly 90 percent of state residents agreed or Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to Cattle Producers in FloridaDecember 12, 2025Commitment …
Progress in Fight Against Giant Disease-Carrying, Stucco-Eating Invasive Snail
From the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services: MIAMI, Fla. – Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam H. Putnam announced today that more than 159,000 giant African land snails (GALS) have been eliminated in Florida since the giant disease-carrying, stucco-eating invasive mollusk was found in Florida four years ago. In addition to consuming more than 500 varieties of plants, giant …
Alabama Announces Signup Batching Date for EQIP
Acting State Conservationist in Alabama, Kurt Simon, wants producers across the state to know they are now accepting applications for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) at USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service offices across Alabama. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to Cattle Producers in FloridaDecember 12, 2025Commitment From Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Members Seeks To Move …
Florida NRCS Helping to Conserve Water
Florida producers can learn more about conserving water by contacting their local USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) office. The office can set you up with a free evaluation of your irrigation systems from a Mobile Irrigation Lab. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to Cattle Producers in FloridaDecember 12, 2025Commitment From Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …
Southeast AgNet This Week: New Insurance Coverage; Dairy Signup Deadline Nearing
Today’s issue of Southeast AgNet This Week includes coverage information on Whole-Farm Revenue Protection Insurance, as well as a deadline reminder for the Margin Protection Program available to dairy producers. Want to learn more? Click here to subscribe and view the current issue. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to Cattle Producers in FloridaDecember 12, 2025Commitment From Florida Cattle Enhancement …
SNAP Sign-Up Days for Northwest-Central Florida
USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service will join Florida State Agencies for Agriculture and MarketLink to host Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP Merchant Sign-up Days next week. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to Cattle Producers in FloridaDecember 12, 2025Commitment From Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Members Seeks To Move Research ForwardDecember 5, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …
NIMITZ(r) receives Section 24(c) label for direct-seeded crops in Florida counties
Network Sponsor Message for South Florida Counties: Raleigh, NC (September 4, 2015) – ADAMA announces that NIMITZ nematicide has received a FIFRA Section 24(c) Special Local Need (SLN) label for Miami-Dade, Lee, Hendry, Manatee, Hardee and Hillsborough counties in Florida. Granted by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Section 24(c) label expands the use of NIMITZ to …
Georgia Commodity Commissions Name New Board Members
From the Georgia Department of Agriculture: Several Agriculture Commodity Commissions have recently appointed new members. The ex officio committee for the Georgia Agriculture Commodity Commissions recently met to vote for appointments to serve in the agriculture commodity commissions for apples, blueberry, cotton, milk, peaches, pecan, tobacco and vegetables. Appointees, by committee, are Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important …
New Web Site Gives Easy Access to Cotton Information
Cotton Cultivated is a brand new website which was developed to give the cotton growing community quick and easy access to important cotton information. Director of Agricultural Research for Cotton Incorporated, Ryan Kurtz, invites cotton growers to try it out. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to Cattle Producers in FloridaDecember 12, 2025Commitment From Florida Cattle …
USDA Designates Collier County in Florida as a Primary Natural Disaster Area
From the U.S. Department of Agriculture: WASHINGTON, Sep. 2, 2015 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated Collier County in Florida as a primary natural disaster area due to damages and losses caused by a recent drought. Farmers and ranchers in Broward, Hendry, Lee, Miami-Dade and Monroe counties in Florida also qualify for natural disaster assistance because Sponsored …