This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight has Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam talking about about proposed legislation that would move school food and nutrition programs to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. More information is available online by clicking on Healthy Schools for Healthy Lives Act. To find out what others are saying about the proposed legislation, click on What …
La Niña
Everett Griner explains how climatologists are seeing changes coming soon. Download Audio Sponsored ContentStrong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch 27, …
Time Running Short to Speak out Against GA Immigration Reform
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 ContentStrong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril …
FL Plans Would Rein in Water Districts
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
The Environmental Protection Agency is continuing to grapple with how to control the exposure of bees to pesticides. Download Audio Sponsored ContentStrong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy Farmers …
Foreign Problems
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 ContentStrong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research …
USDA Expands Access to Fruits and Veggies in Public Schools
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 ContentStrong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril …
Scientists Use Common Parts to Monitor Pests
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 ContentStrong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides …
Buying Big
Everett Griner checks out a question today…Does buying more cost less? Download Audio Sponsored ContentStrong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy Farmers of Florida Director Encouraged About the FutureMarch …
Alternative Menu Developed for Proposed School Lunch Rule
An alternative menu model to USDA’s proposed School Lunch rule aims to prove that limiting potatoes is not warranted. Download Audio Sponsored ContentStrong Relationship Exists Between the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and UF-IFASApril 17, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding For Quicker Response to Research QuestionsApril 10, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities That Spark Research ProjectsApril 3, 2026United Dairy …