On Wednesday, Rep. Rodney Davis from Illinois, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research, held a hearing to highlight the positive and negative factors impacting cost of production. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
Study Finds University Extension Program Keeps Farmers in Business
A recent study says federal cooperative extension programs at land-grant universities help farmers stay in business. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
Winners of Florida Agricultural Environmental Leadership Award Announced
Commissioner Putnam Announces Winners of Agricultural Environmental Leadership Award From the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services: TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam H. Putnam today announced the recipients of the 2016 Agricultural Environmental Leadership Award, which recognizes agricultural producers who are practicing environmentally innovative farming techniques. This year’s recipients are Alliance Dairies of Trenton, Cherry Lake …
Florida Nursery Owners Urged to Look into Financial Assistance
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Florida wants to remind nursery owners in six counties that a special sign-up is currently underway to receive financial and technical assistance for installing water conservation practices. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
Commissioner Putnam Seeking Nominations for Woman of the Year in Agriculture
From the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services: TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam H. Putnam is now accepting nominations for the 2016 “Woman of the Year in Agriculture” award. The deadline for submitting nominations is June 1, 2016. Since 1985, the “Woman of the Year in Agriculture” award has recognized women who have made outstanding contributions …
Subcommittee Examines Credit Conditions in Farm Country
The second in a series of hearings entitled Focus on the Farm Economy, where each subcommittee examines the growing pressure in rural America, took place today in Washington D.C. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024
Financial Assistance Helps Florida Nursery Owners Save Water
Nursery owners in the Florida Counties of Lake, Seminole, Orange, Osceola, Polk and Volusia can apply until May 20 for financial and technical assistance to install water conservation practices through a special signup for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service. Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR …
Growing Financial Pressures for U.S. Farmers and Ranchers
The U.S. House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management recently held a hearing on the growing financial pressures faced by U.S. farmers and ranchers. Top farm leaders and experts testifying painted a grim picture of the farm economy on plummeting farm prices and income. One of those was American Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall, who told …
Financial Assistance Helps Florida Nursery Owners Save Water
Application deadline for financial assistance May 20 From USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Florida: GAINESVILLE, Fla., April 15, 2016 — Nursery owners in Lake, Seminole, Orange, Osceola, Polk and Volusia counties can apply until May 20 for financial and technical assistance to install water conservation practices through a special sign-up for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), administered by …
Alabama Still Accepting Specialty Crop Block Grant Program Applications
The Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries (ADAI) is still accepting grant applications for projects that enhance the competitiveness of U.S. specialty crops in foreign and domestic markets. . Download Audio Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024