Time Running Short to Speak out Against GA Immigration Reform

Randall Weiseman Field Crops, Georgia, Livestock, Specialty Crops

With only three days left in the 2011 legislative session, Bryan Tolar President of the Georgia Agri-business council says time is getting short for producers to speak out against the proposed immigration reform. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026Florida …

FL Plans Would Rein in Water Districts

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By MICHAEL PELTIER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, March 31, 2011……Lauded – and criticized – for their fiscal autonomy, water management districts would find their budgets determined by the Legislature and their spending approved by the governor under a pair of bills advancing Thursday in the House and Senate. More immediately, the districts would see their budgets …

EPA Planning New Pesticide Rules to Assist Pollinators

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The Environmental Protection Agency is continuing to grapple with how to control the exposure of bees to pesticides. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …

Foreign Problems

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Importing insects and diseases can be very costly. Everett Griner lets us know what USDA is trying to do about this massive problem. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch …

USDA Expands Access to Fruits and Veggies in Public Schools

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More fresh fruits and vegetables will be going to schools for the 2011/2012 school year thanks to the expansion of assistance to state agencies for schools operating USDA’s Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026Florida …

Scientists Use Common Parts to Monitor Pests

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Using commercially available parts, USDA scientists and colleagues have developed a new automated system for detecting insects based on the peculiar sounds the insects make while moving. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between …

Buying Big

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Everett Griner checks out a question today…Does buying more cost less? Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management …

Alternative Menu Developed for Proposed School Lunch Rule

Randall Weiseman Specialty Crops, Vegetables

An alternative menu model to USDA’s proposed School Lunch rule aims to prove that limiting potatoes is not warranted. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …

Ag Groups Concerned about Web-Distributed Labeling of Pesticides

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Several Ag organizations joined in on a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency expressing concern regarding their effort to move toward web-distributed labeling. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch …

Pretty Food

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Home-grown is health and pretty. Everett Griner explains. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most Out Of Every AcreMarch 19, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, 2026