These fact sheets include descriptions, photos and control tips, including registered chemical and biological controls for several vegetable crop diseases. The information comes from Dr. Gary Vallad, plant pathologist at the UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center. Attached are vegetable fact sheets on cucurbit downy mildew, cucurbit powdery mildew, tomato early blight and target spot and tomato bacterial spot …
FL Candidates Paying Close Attention to Numeric Nutrient Criteria
During Florida Farm Bureau Federation’s recently held Annual Meeting, director of Government & Community Affairs, Stacie Braswell, says the statewide candidates that attended the event were well aware of the issues of water and what effect EPA’s upcoming nutrient criteria announcement would have on agriculture and the state as a whole. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher …
Decline of Pollinators an International Concern
The concerns about declining pollinator populations are a universal concern and therefore, Canada and Mexico have teamed up with the United States to work on a variety of levels to help address the alarming problem. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials …
GFVGA Announces New Member Program
The Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association’s Board of Directors has recently approved a new member service for a business expense analysis and recovery program. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Resources To …
BP to Pay $20 Million for Seafood Inspection and Marketing Efforts
TALLAHASSEE – Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson has announced that BP will pay $20 million to his department over the next three years to help fund enhanced seafood inspections and marketing efforts aimed at restoring public confidence in the safety of Gulf of Mexico seafood. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New …
Vilsack Visits SE to Discuss Renewable Energy
On the heels of his recent biofuels announcements, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack visited First United Ethanol in Camilla, Georgia today, in order to discuss the role renewable energy will play in creating jobs and helping revitalize economies in the Southeast. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted …
Specialty Crop Grants Announced
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25, 2010 – Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan today announced 28 grants to solve specialty crop agriculture issues through research and extension activities through USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through …
Big Award
Sunbelt Farmer of the Year is a huge award given at Sunbelt Ag Expo every year. Everett Griner talks about this award. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Resources To Researchers For Applied …
Ag in Review for the Week of October 18, 2010
A highlight of agricultural news for this week from around the Southeast. To hear weekly reviews subscribe to our podcast . Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted Application of Herbicides or Beneficials through SharpShooter™June 16, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Resources To Researchers For Applied ResearchJune 12, 2026Florida …
USDA Provides Disaster Assistance
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2010 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that starting today up to $550 million in disaster assistance will be issued to producers of rice, upland cotton, soybeans and sweet potatoes that suffered losses because of excessive moisture or related conditions in 2009. This assistance will be issued by the Farm Service Agency (FSA) through the Crop Assistance …