In this week’s recap of agricultural news from around the Southeast, we talk about the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations in Atlanta, how Southeast row crop farmers are being encouraged to prepare for the El Nino event this fall, bees in the classroom and more. To hear weekly reviews subscribe to our podcast: Alabama Florida Georgia Sponsored ContentFlorida Senator Shares Origins of …
Kale a Super Food for Gardeners
Kale is no longer just a super food for consumers. University of Georgia horticulturist Tim Coolong believes that kale can also be a super crop for Georgia’s fall gardeners. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Senator Shares Origins of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardNovember 14, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 8, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Critical Role To Extend ResearchNovember 7, 2025Florida Cattle …
Land-Grant Institutions Work Across State Lines to Increase Fruit Tree Production
Near 30 land-grant Universities across the country are working together to increase the productivity of temperate-zone fruit trees by developing better rootstocks. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Senator Shares Origins of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardNovember 14, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 8, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Critical Role To Extend ResearchNovember 7, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Funded Research Impactful for the …
Citrus Marketing Order Referendum in Florida Ends Monday
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s referendum on proposed amendments to the federal marketing order regulating the handling of fresh citrus produced in Florida is set to end next Monday, October 5. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Senator Shares Origins of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardNovember 14, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 8, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Critical Role To Extend ResearchNovember 7, …
Sugar Growers Defend Need for Burning Fields
FROM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA By JIM TURNER THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, September 30, 2015………. Anticipating litigation from environmental groups, sugar growers held a preemptive news conference Wednesday to defend the annual pre-harvest burning of sugarcane fields around the Everglades. “We believe that this attack is simply another of their efforts to put the sugar farming industry out of business …
Alabama NRCS Signup Deadline is October 16
Friday, October 16, is the signup batching date for 2016 funding for certain conservation programs through USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama. And Kurt Simon, Acting State Conservationist in Alabama, has more information of what producers need to do before that deadline. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Senator Shares Origins of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardNovember 14, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember …
Florida NRCS Promotes Conservation Client Gateway
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Florida invites landowners to learn more about Conservation Client Gateway, a website that allows users the secure ability to request conservation technical and financial assistance. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Senator Shares Origins of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardNovember 14, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 8, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Critical Role To Extend ResearchNovember 7, …
Southeast AgNet This Week: Alabama State Representative on A.I.; Celebrating Peanut Industry
This issue of Southeast AgNet This Week includes comments on preparing for avian influenza, as well as a story on how Peanut Proud Inc. is continuing to celebrate the peanut industry. Want to learn more? Click here to subscribe and view the current issue. Sponsored ContentFlorida Senator Shares Origins of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardNovember 14, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 8, 2025Florida Cattle …
University of Florida/IFAS Documents Economic Impact of Agriculture
The new University of Florida/IFAS economic impact report for agriculture is out, as UF Senior Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Dr. Jack Payne, explains what this involves. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Senator Shares Origins of Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardNovember 14, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 8, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Plays Critical Role To Extend ResearchNovember 7, 2025Florida Cattle …
Commissioner Adam Putnam Announces Aerial Spraying for Oriental Fruit Fly
From the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services: MIAMI, Fla.—The quarantine zone in the Redland area of Miami-Dade County implemented to help eradicate the Oriental fruit fly yesterday expanded from approximately 85-square-miles to 97-square-miles due to an additional fly find, and today the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced that it will conduct aerial spraying of a …