GAINESVILLE, Fla., June 28, 2010 (USDA – Rural Development, Florida Office) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack recently announced five Florida agricultural enterprises will receive $1,086,500 in business development grants to pursue new value-added marketing opportunities. The funding is made available through the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development Value-Added Producer Grant program. Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New …
Farm Festivals
America celebrates farm production. Everett Griner tells us all about it. Download Audio Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundJuly 31, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
Please Help Me If You Can – I Need and Want A Good Home!
I realize this post is unusual, but my wife Robin and I here at AgNet headquarters are trying to help find a good home for a wonderful puppy, presently staying at our vet’s office. We would love to have the dog but just adding a fourth rescued puppy to our own home recently, along with our four rescued cats too, …
Unnoticed Anniversary
It has been 75 years since R.E.A. was established. Everett Griner talks about some of the changes made. Download Audio Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundJuly 31, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
Cost of Cuts at Land Grant Universities – A Guest Column
This article is by Mark R. McLellan, Dean for Research, University of Florida/IFAS With the deepest recession since the 1930s, the decline in tax revenues, and the growing demand for emergency public services for unemployed workers and their families, state government budgets are in crisis. Not surprisingly, many states are freezing or even cutting their funding for some of the …
2012 Farm Bill
Everett Griner tells us today just how spending cuts will drive this new bill. Download Audio Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundJuly 31, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
Ag in Review for the Week of June 14, 2010
A highlight of agricultural news for this week from around the Southeast. To hear weekly reviews subscribe to our podcast . Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundJuly 31, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
FL NRCS Reminds Producers of Energy Audit Deadline
Kenneth Morgan, program specialist with the Florida Natural Resources Conservation Service, says with a upcoming deadline of Thursday, June 17, time is getting short for producers to sign up for this round of funding for an Agricultural Energy Management Plan. For more information visit your local NRCS field office or visit them online. Download Audio News post sponsor: AGROTAIN® controls …
Farm Bill II
Everett Griner continues his explanation on this farm bill. Download Audio Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundJuly 31, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
FL Commissioner’s Spotlight on the Office of Ag Water Policy
This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is about the Florida Department of Agriculture’s Office of Ag Water Policy, which was established to facilitate communications among federal, state, local agencies, and the agricultural industry on water quantity and water quality issues involving agriculture; and to help Florida farmers maintain access to sufficient water supplies. More information is …