Holiday Weather and Carrots

Gary Cooper Specialty Crops, Vegetables, Weather

Not that the two go together in any particular way…It’s just that I decided to pair some weather outlook feature news from USDA this week with some interesting findings from carrot research for these holiday reports. Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …

Agri-View Feature for the Holidays

Gary Cooper Agri View, Alabama, Beef, Cattle, Citrus, Corn, Cotton, Dairy, Field Crops, Florida, General, Georgia, Livestock, Peanuts, Poultry, Soybeans, Specialty Crops, Sugar, Vegetables

In this edition of Specialty Crop News, a special Agri-View featuring background about Southeast AgNet commentary writer Everett Griner, who is among just a handful of people in the nation who can say he has been in the radio business since the days before audio tape recording was even invented! At 82 years young, Ev has been on-the-air since prior …

FL Sod BMP’s Save Money, Water

Gary Cooper Florida, General, Specialty Crops, USDA-NRCS

Florida sod producers now have a Best Management Practices program and a recent field day near New Smyrna Beach showed off what it can mean for conservation and water savings on Florida sod farms. The Florida office of USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is a good place to start for producers looking for more information. Hear more in this report. …

Controlling Fertilizer Inputs

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Field Crops, Florida, Georgia, Specialty Crops

With Input prices putting a pinch on producers, Larry Sanders President of Specialty Fertilizer Products says they have a few tools to help maximize your dollar. Sanders says that for more information regarding how these products can help you and to see research and testimonials log on to their website. Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research …

Food & Water Watch: Imports Hurting U S Farmers, Consumers

Gary Cooper Alabama, Citrus, Florida, Georgia, International, Specialty Crops, Vegetables

Patrick Woodall with Washington D C-based Food & Water Watch says international trade deals like NAFAT and CAFTA and others involving food often put U S farmers at a disadvantage and U S consumers on the defensive. Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Advances Forage ResearchOctober 3, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement …

SFWMD Approves U S Sugar Deal

Gary Cooper Citrus, Florida, Sugar

Here’s the news release from U S Sugar, released shortly after the SFWMD meetings this week. SFWMD APPROVES HISTORIC DEAL TO EFFECT REAL AND MEANINGFUL RESTORATION OF FLORIDA’S EVERGLADES CLEWISTON – (U S Sugar Corp.) — December 16, 2008 — After many months of tough negotiations and due diligence, the South Florida Water Management District Governing Board approved the contract …

BMP’s for Pest Management in Vegetable Crops

Gary Cooper Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Specialty Crops, Vegetables

This information, and this vegetable BMP document (click here) come to us from Gene McAvoy, County Extension Director and Regional Vegetable Agent IV in Hendry County, FL: This report summarizes the discussion and subsequent general Best Management Practice (BMP)recommendations of research and Extension vegetable entomologists and crop consultants from primary vegetable-producing states. During a meeting held in May 2008 in …

No More WTO Talks in 2008

Gary Cooper General, International, Specialty Crops

In this report, comments from the Director General of the World Trade Organization about the status of the long-stalled agriculture trade talks in the present Doha Round. It appears there will be no further attempts this year to get the stalled talks going again. Sponsored ContentFCEB Recurring Funding Provides Opportunity for Longer Term Research ProjectsOctober 10, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …