USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Florida announces that if you have farm or ranch lands you want to protect from development, now is the time to apply for funding opportunities through the Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers Get The Most …
South Florida Farm Chemical Thefts Continue
South Florida Multi-County Extension Agent Gene McAvoy says farm chemical thefts in the region continue. For this report, we share his information about the situation and how farmers may better protect their inventories. 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 …
2 Job Families
As everyone knows, farming still requires two jobs. Everett Griner talks on this today. 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 …
USDA Progress Report: Biofuels Expansion Reaches All U S Regions
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2011 (USDA) – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that biofuels and biomass energy projects across America have been selected for funding to continue the Administration’s support for the development of renewable fuels. Vilsack highlighted the various investments USDA made since he laid out a broad vision to spur rural revitalization through renewable energy production in a …
Maria Gallo Named UF/IFAS Agronomy Department Chairman
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Maria Gallo, a molecular genetics professor, has been named chairman of the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences’ agronomy department. Jack Payne, UF’s senior vice president for agriculture and natural resources, announced the move Jan. 14. Gallo, who has served as the interim department chair since September 2009, replaces Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board …
Getting Rid Of Food Allergies…For Good
Food allergies are often seen as a simple nuisance but for the estimated six to eight percent of children under the age of three and nearly four percent of adults who have food allergies, they know that they can be much more. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity To Highlight Difficult Farming SubjectMarch 20, 2026Valley Helps Growers …
Health Bill Repeal Would Hurt Rural America
There are some in Congress who want to repeal the Affordable Care Act that passed last year, but when it comes to health care, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told me this morning it’s tough to take rural America and farm country forward if some folks want to take us backwards. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provided Opportunity …
UF College of Agriculture Has Good Interns Anxious to Work!
Anne Marie Mattison from University of Florida’s College of Agriculture, Food & Resource Economics Department attended the recent winter joint luncheon of the Florida Fertilizer and Agrichemical Association and Florida Chapter of the National Agri-Marketing Association, where she and students presented the progress of the GATOR NAMA club and invited Florida agribusinesses to consider interns for work in their operations. …
Food Inflation
Today Everett Griner is taking a look at who is making the big profits on food. His findings may surprise you. 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 …
Florida Feedstock Farming On A Roll
Harvest and planting continues for thousands of acres of new feedstocks crops in Florida that are being grown for fuel. Feedstocks farmer and citrus grower Bill Vasden, Jr made his presentation to members of the Florida Fertilizer and Agrichemical Association recently, and we caught up with him for an update about the crops, and water management district interest in them. …