The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Senate’s biotech food labeling bill (S764), otherwise known as the GMO labeling bill, by a vote of 306 to 117. The White House has already confirmed that President Obama would sign the compromise labeling bill. Various agriculture groups have issued releases praising this action by the House: Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board …
GMO Labeling Bill Set for Debate and Vote in U.S. House
The U.S. House is expected to consider and likely pass the Senate’s GMO labeling bill today (Thursday). The House Rules Committee passed a closed rule on Senate Bill 764, the Genetically Modified Foods Labeling Bill, setting the bill up for debate without amendments and a vote, earlier this week. The White House confirmed Wednesday that Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board …
Industry Groups Urging House to Consider GMO Labeling
All eyes are on the U.S. House of Representatives this week to see if they can work with the Senate version of the GMO labeling bill. If the U.S. House fails to consider the Senate approved bill this week, the fate of the legislation will be delayed until September. Congress is set to go on summer recess at the end …
Citrus Growers Reminded to Take the Bactericide Survey
The Citrus Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) is reminding all Florida citrus growers to participate in the Bactericide Survey so that the industry can gain a better understanding of how these products are being used against HLB. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement …
Sweet Summer Fruit
Cathy Isom fills us in on how a sweet summer fruit is becoming a big hit on the grill. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker …
Hear the Season’s Final Citrus Forecast Tuesday
Don’t miss the last citrus crop forecast of the season on July 12 at 12:00pm Eastern right here on SoutheastAgNet.com. The U.S. Department of Agriculture report will be streamed online, and complete forecast details will be available on the website after the report is released. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship …
Citrus Expo Speaker to Discuss Replanting Incentives
The 25th anniversary of Citrus Expo will be held August 17-18 at the Lee Civic Center in Fort Myers, and growers will not want to miss this year’s seminar program, themed “Now Is the Time.” Topics to be addressed include HLB management, incentive opportunities, bactericide use and more. One of the speakers at this year’s event is Citrus Mutual CEO, …
No Antibiotic Resistance Problems with Antibiotic Spraying of Fruit
We mostly hear concerns about routine use of antibiotics in livestock production, but antibiotics are also used on some fruit crops. Gary Crawford has a story that answers the question, “Is that a concern?” Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril …
Ag in Review for the Week Ending July 8, 2016
In this week’s recap of agricultural news from around the Southeast, we have the latest concerning the GMO labeling bill, how many crop fields across the Southeast could use a good rain right now, hot dogs, Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril …
Alabama Congressman Learns from Annual Ag Tour
Keeping track of what is happening in agriculture is important for those who are in office in Washington D.C. And to help him do just that, Alabama Congressman Bradley Byrne says he holds an ag tour every year. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril 24, 2026Strong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle …