From the University of Florida/IFAS: GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Five Volusia County 4-H youth spent the kind of day most children only dream about ? touring the Kennedy Space Center and hoping to watch the launch of the Orion Spacecraft test flight. The launch was delayed, but 4-H members Kaitlyn Jackson, 13; Jonathan Murdock, 13; AJ Seifert, 12; Joshua Lacey, 12, …
Georgia Peanut Commission Holding Nomination Meetings
Nomination meetings to fill two positions on the Georgia Peanut Commission Board of Directors will be held next week. Tyron Spearman has the details. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Acts As Catalyst For Timely ResearchSeptember 26, 2025
Ag in Review for the Week Ending December 5, 2014
In this week’s recap of agricultural news from around the Southeast, USDA has once again extended the deadline for the Dairy Margin Protection Program, US Tobacco Cooperative is issuing a call for redemption of certificates, and we look at changing fruit trends. To hear weekly reviews subscribe to our podcast: Alabama Florida Georgia Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for …
Expert Panel Examines Video from NC Broiler Farm
From the National Chicken Council: KANSAS CITY, MO. (Dec. 5, 2014) – The Center for Food Integrity’s (CFI) Animal Care Review Panel has examined video released this week from a North Carolina broiler farm. It is contained in a report produced by the group Compassion in World Farming. CFI created the Animal Care Review Panel program to engage recognized animal …
Running Out of Water: UGA Researchers Look to Mother Nature for Help
From the University of Georgia: Athens, Ga. – Fresh water, a critical resource for life on Earth, may soon become dangerously scarce. Water use has been growing at more than twice the rate of population increase in the last century, and by 2025, the demand for fresh water will exceed available resources for two-thirds of the world population, according to …
Florida NRCS Staff Includes an Archaeologist
Dr. Shannon Dunn is the cultural resources specialist/archaeologist for USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Florida. She explains why it’s important to have an archaeologist on staff and how they can help landowners across the state. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle …
Alabama NRCS Reminds Producers about CSP
The Conservation Stewardship Program is something that Steve Musser, Assistant State Conservationist for Programs with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama, reminds producers about and how it can work for them. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Acts As …
USDA Extends Application Deadline for Dairy Margin Protection Program to Dec. 19
From the U.S. Department of Agriculture: WASHINGTON, Dec. 4, 2014 – U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the application deadline for the dairy Margin Protection Program (MPP) will be extended until Dec. 19, 2014. The program, established by the 2014 Farm Bill, protects participating dairy producers when the margin – the difference between the price of …
With Passage of Tax Extenders Stopgap, ASA Calls for Longer-Term Solution
From the American Soybean Association: WASHINGTON (December 3, 2014) – In response to the passage of a short-term extension of several key tax credits by the House of Representatives today, the American Soybean Association (ASA) expressed both its appreciation for a fix in the near term, and disappointment in the Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research …
Protecting Pollinators
Three-fourths of the world’s flowering plants and about 35 percent of the world’s food crops depend on animal pollinators to reproduce. USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service Regional Conservationist for the Southeast, James Tillman, says NRCS is working to help protect those pollinators. Cindy Zimmerman has the story. Download Audio To learn more click here. Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity …