From the University of Florida/IFAS: GAINESVILLE, Fla. — October is National Seafood Month, and Florida Sea Grant has spotlighted the safety and variety of the state’s seafood products with a special report published in the September issue of Florida Trend magazine. Although the average Floridian’s seafood consumption is twice the national average – 31 pounds per Sponsored ContentStrong Relationship Exists …
Sugar Growers Defend Need for Burning Fields
FROM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA By JIM TURNER THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, September 30, 2015………. Anticipating litigation from environmental groups, sugar growers held a preemptive news conference Wednesday to defend the annual pre-harvest burning of sugarcane fields around the Everglades. “We believe that this attack is simply another of their efforts to put the sugar farming industry out of business …
State Asks Judge to Dismiss Lawsuit Over Bear Hunt
From The News Service of Florida: The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit by a Seminole County organization seeking to block the state’s upcoming bear-hunting season. The request, filed Tuesday as part of the state’s response to the lawsuit, came as Sponsored ContentStrong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and …
USDA to Support Next Generation of Farmers and Ranchers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced $8.4 million to support the work of 54 partner organizations in 35 states to provide training, outreach and technical assistance for socially disadvantaged, tribal and veteran farmers and ranchers. Download Audio Sponsored ContentStrong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response …
Alabama NRCS Signup Deadline is October 16
Friday, October 16, is the signup batching date for 2016 funding for certain conservation programs through USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama. And Kurt Simon, Acting State Conservationist in Alabama, has more information of what producers need to do before that deadline. Download Audio Sponsored ContentStrong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida Cattle …
Florida NRCS Promotes Conservation Client Gateway
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Florida invites landowners to learn more about Conservation Client Gateway, a website that allows users the secure ability to request conservation technical and financial assistance. Download Audio Sponsored ContentStrong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida …
Southeast AgNet This Week: Alabama State Representative on A.I.; Celebrating Peanut Industry
This issue of Southeast AgNet This Week includes comments on preparing for avian influenza, as well as a story on how Peanut Proud Inc. is continuing to celebrate the peanut industry. Want to learn more? Click here to subscribe and view the current issue. Sponsored ContentStrong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides …
Commissioner Adam Putnam Announces Aerial Spraying for Oriental Fruit Fly
From the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services: MIAMI, Fla.—The quarantine zone in the Redland area of Miami-Dade County implemented to help eradicate the Oriental fruit fly yesterday expanded from approximately 85-square-miles to 97-square-miles due to an additional fly find, and today the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced that it will conduct aerial spraying of a …
Apalachicola Braces for Army Corps Water Plan
FROM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA By MARGIE MENZEL THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, September 29, 2015……….Florida elected officials, environmentalists and seafood workers are bracing for the release of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers draft plan for the river system that feeds struggling Apalachicola Bay. Last updated in 1989, the all-important plan — known as an operating manual — controls freshwater …
National FFA Organization Membership Sets Record of 629,367 Students
From the National FFA Organization: INDIANAPOLIS (Monday, Sept. 28, 2015/National FFA Organization) – With global needs to fight hunger and prepare for the expected population growth, the industry of agriculture needs educated, skilled and passionate people dedicated to sustainability. The National FFA Organization is answering this need, as the record growth of the organization demonstrates. Today, FFA membership stands at …