Steve Musser with USDA’S Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama reminds eligible landowners with expiring Conservation Stewardship Program contracts that a renewal option is available through March 31, 2015. Download Audio More information can be found on the NRCS website. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Supports Beef Education and Promotion ProgramsJanuary 23, 2026Florida Cattle Producers Proactive In Research Efforts Funded …
Signup Underway for Florida NRCS Easement Program
Crenel Francis, easement program coordinator with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Florida, wants landowners to know that applications are being accepted for the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program. Download Audio To learn more click here. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Supports Beef Education and Promotion ProgramsJanuary 23, 2026Florida Cattle Producers Proactive In Research Efforts Funded by the Florida Cattle …
Florida Legislative Days Event in Tallahassee
Florida Farm Bureau is hosting its annual Legislative Days today and tomorrow (March 17 and 18) in Tallahassee. The Legislative Briefing Dinner will be this evening at 5:30 p.m. at the Tallahassee Automobile Museum, with a full day of events planned for Wednesday. FFBF President John Hoblick hopes folks will join them for the annual event. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida …
Celebrating National Agriculture Day
This Wednesday, March 18 will be National Agriculture Day, spotlighting American agriculture and serving as a reminder that agriculture is part of us all. Download Audio For more information go to www.agday.org. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Supports Beef Education and Promotion ProgramsJanuary 23, 2026Florida Cattle Producers Proactive In Research Efforts Funded by the Florida Cattle Enhancement BoardJanuary 16, 2026Florida …
Florida FFA Foundation Beast Feast Set for Saturday
The 12th annual FFA Beast Feast & Auction is scheduled for this Saturday, March 21 at the Florida FFA Leadership Training Center near Haines City. Download Audio For tickets or more information about the FFA Beast Feast & Auction visit www.floridaffafoundation.org and click on Special Events/Beast Feast. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Supports Beef Education and Promotion ProgramsJanuary 23, 2026Florida …
Mike Stuart Appointed to Alliance for Food and Farming Board
From the Alliance for Food and Farming: Watsonville, CA – The Alliance for Food and Farming (AFF) announced today that Mike Stuart, President of the Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association (FFVA), was appointed to serve on the organization’s Management Board at its recent annual meeting in Sacramento, California. “FFVA has been a strong and consistent supporter of the AFF and …
Backroom Briefing: Water Not a Commodity for Late Session Bargaining?
FROM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA By JIM TURNER and MARGIE MENZEL THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, March 12, 2015………. If the House and Senate can’t find common ground on water policy in the next 50 days, then they’ll try again next year, House Speaker Steve Crisafulli said this week. While the two chambers are looking at widely divergent proposals to enact …
Teamwork Restores Wetlands for Clean Water, Wildlife, Everglades
From USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Florida: GAINESVILLE, Fla., March 11, 2015 – Partnerships: they need a little give and take. Sometimes, they give a lot back. That was the case when the South Florida Water Management District teamed with USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Service, (NRCS) to restore a 533-acre area on the Williamson Ranch about six miles northwest …
IFAS a Lead Organizer of Recent HLB Conference
IFAS was a lead organizer of the recent international HLB conference held in Orlando and Dr. Jack Payne, Senior Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources at UF, says it was an incredibly diverse array of scientific presentations on everything from attacking the psyllid to the use of the “omics” sciences to unlock secrets of the disease. Download Audio Sponsored …
Florida NRCS Holding Cover Crop Tour
Landowners across Florida are invited to attend a Cover Crop Tour being held this Friday, March 13 at USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service’s Plant Materials Center in Brooksville, Florida. Manager Janet Grabowski explains how the work they are doing could possibly fit into practices on your farm. Download Audio More information can be found on the Florida NRCS website. Sponsored …