The Farm Bill was the main topic of discussion for farm broadcasters meeting in Washington DC last week – Southeast Ag Net’s Gary Cooper got a chance to sit down and chat with Florida congressman Adam Putnam about what he is looking for in the Farm Bill for specialty crops. Report (1:00 wma) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted …
Irradiated Indian Mangoes
The first shipments of irradiated Indian mangoes arriving through U.S. ports-of-entry this week, received by Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns who hailed the event as a significant milestone paving the way for the future use of irradiation technology to protect against the introduction of plant pests. Report (1:30 wma) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle IndustryFebruary …
USDA Undersecretary on Specialty Crops
Farm broadcasters meeting in Washington DC this week heard from USDA Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Bruce Knight about the importance of specialty crops in the 2007 farm bill proposal. Report (1:30 wma) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle IndustryFebruary 20, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Allows Viable Research in the Cattle IndustryFebruary 6, 2026Florida …
Fighting Obesity with Produce
The focus on more fruits and vegetables in the administration’s proposed 2007 farm bill centers on increasing consumption by children, according to Roberto Salazar, administrator of USDA’s Food and Nutrition service.
Talking Sugar on the Hill
Farm broadcasters are in the nation’s capitol this week, meeting with administration officials, members of congress and agriculture industry representatives – mostly about the 2007 farm bill. Gary Cooper talked with Luther Markwart with the American Sugar Alliance. Report (1:45 wma) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle IndustryFebruary 20, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Allows Viable …
Sugar Power and Policy Pressure
Many sugar cane processors generate their own electricity with sugar by-products, but that sugar power could be lost if sugar policy changes. We have two reports. Report (1:30 wma) Report (1:00 wma) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle IndustryFebruary 20, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Allows Viable Research in the Cattle IndustryFebruary 6, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …
FL Commissioner’s Spotlight
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson talks about Colony Collapse Disorder in honey bees. More information about this mysterious malady can be found on the web site of the Department’s Division of Plant Industry: http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/pi/plantinsp/ccd.html … and on the web site of UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences: http://pestalert.ifas.ufl.edu/Colony_Collapse_Disorder.htm Report (1:00 wma) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research …
FL AgNet Week in Review April 27, 2007
In this week’s pod cast, the American Farm Bureau Federations talks about the 2007 Farm Bill, a report from the Region II meeting in Kissimmee, the Florida Vegetable Report, and discussion on the Citrus Psyllid. To hear Florida’s weekly reviews subscribe to our podcast . Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle IndustryFebruary 20, 2026Florida Cattle …
Specialty Crop Testimony
U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), Ranking Republican Member on the Senate Agriculture Committee, heard testimony Tuesday from witnesses representing various commodity groups on their priorities in the next farm bill. In his opening remarks, Sen. Chambliss noted that fruit and vegetable production is one of most profitable sectors of Georgia’s agriculture economy. Bill Brim, producer and President of the Georgia …
USDA Veg and Melon Outlook
Vegetable consumption was down in 2006 according to the latest report from USDA.