Ways to Add Unbeatable Texture to Your Garden

Dan Nursery Crops, Specialty Crops, This Land of Ours

Several ways to add unbeatable texture to your garden. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Wispy ornamental grasses are versatile plants in any landscape that can provide four seasons of interest. The most popular ornamental grass is feather reed grass. It offers a distance upright habit that looks fantastic all winter long. Fountain grass offers a graceful shape, …

Foreign Agriculture Service Working to Break Down Trade Barriers

Dan Beef, Cattle, Dairy, Exports/Imports, Field Crops, Fruits, Livestock, Marketing, Peanuts, Pork, Poultry, Specialty Crops, Trade, Vegetables

Foreign Agriculture Service has led USDA’s day-to-day efforts to break down trade barriers and generate export opportunities for U.S. agriculture for 2021. They have tried to get peanuts accepted back into the European Union. These efforts also resulted in market access for U.S. pork to India, poultry to Venezuela, and apples and pears going into Argentina, among others. Tyron Spearman …

Key Elements to Perk Up a Bleak Winter Garden

Dan Fruits, Nursery Crops, Specialty Crops, This Land of Ours, Vegetables

How to perk up a bleak winter garden. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. If you’re wanting to bring more life to your garden during the cold months in winter, consider these key elements:  Focal Points, Color and Structure, and Fragrance. Focal points include sculpture, garden structures, such as ponds or arbors, boulders or containers. For a splash of …

Florida Producers Reminded of USDA Inclement Weather Disaster Assistance Ahead of Weekend Cold Front

Dan Field Crops, Florida, Fruits, Nursery Crops, Specialty Crops, Vegetables, Weather

(FDACS/Tallahassee, FL/January 28, 2022) — Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried is sharing information from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on federal disaster assistance for producers facing inclement weather as Florida is expected to see record cold temperatures this weekend. A cold front moving across the state is expected to bring record low temperatures, triggering a hazardous weather warning from the National Weather Service. …

Create a Chicken Garden to Keep Your Feathered Friends Healthy

Dan Field Crops, Fruits, Herbs, Nursery Crops, Poultry, Specialty Crops, This Land of Ours, Vegetables

How to create a chicken garden to keep your feathered friends healthy, and also away from your harvest.  That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. A chicken garden is a great way to supplement your chickens’ diets while keeping them busy and away from your garden. Place your chicken garden in an area where they have easy access to, …

Growers Discuss Priorities for 2023 Farm Bill

Dan Beef, Cattle, Citrus, Corn, Cotton, Equine, Farm Bill, Field Crops, Fruits, Grapefruit, Hemp, Herbs, Legislative, Lemons, Livestock, Nursery Crops, Orange Juice, Pasture, Peanuts, Pecans, Pollinators, Pork, Poultry, Rabbits, Sheep-Goats, Soybeans, Specialty Crops, Sugar, Tree Nuts, Vegetables, Wheat

The 2018 Farm Bill is set to expire in 2023, so preparations are underway to craft the behemoth legislation into law sometime next year. However, it is common for negotiations to extend into the following year. Whether the new farm bill is passed in 2023 or 2024, there’s a lot of work ahead. The farm bill was the focus of …

Driverless Technology Rapidly Rolling Toward Reality

Dan Citrus, Field Crops, Nursery Crops, Research, Research, Specialty Crops, Technology

What would have been seen as science fiction a decade ago is quickly becoming reality. In December, autonomous trucking startup TuSimple completed a truck run on the open road without a human in the vehicle. The 80-mile trip on surface roads and highways in Arizona between a rail yard in Tucson and a distribution center in Phoenix was completed successfully. According to …