There has long been a fuel versus food debate regarding the use of feedstocks for energy, but a recent study has found no direct correlation between federal bio-fuels mandates and increasing food prices. Download Audio Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundJuly 31, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
SNAP It Up
Fighting hunger problems are still abused. Everett Griner explains. Download Audio Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundJuly 31, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
AgNet’s Online News Hits 20,000 Posts Milestone
Here is a note from Southeast AgNet Founder/President Gary Cooper concerning a milestone of our website: This website began archiving daily news reports in the spring of 2006. The posts remain online for those who wish to look back at farm news features in our primary “deep southeast” region of coverage. Website visitors now number in the thousands monthly. Most …
Florida Co Develops Export Markets for FL and US Farm Products
John Parke Wright IV is a descendent of a well established, multi-generation Florida farming family which grew its food and shipping businesses to global proportions decades ago. Remember Lykes Hot Dogs? Now operating J. P. Wright & Company, based in southwest Florida, he focuses on export market development for Florida and other U. S. farm products. In this audio feature …
Waterway problems
Everett Griner tells what is going on with our inland waterways. Download Audio Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundJuly 31, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
NAMA Agri-Marketing Team Gives UF Students Career Boost
A little known extra curicular program in the Food and Resource Economics Department at University of Florida’s College of Agriculture is giving participating students a boost when it comes to entering the professional job market after graduation, but students involved have to earn it. According to UF Senior V. P. for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Jack Payne (photo left), and …
Same Fight
Will the battle ever end? Farmers and environmentalists. Everett Griner explains what the battle is about. Download Audio Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundJuly 31, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
UF Study: Florida’s Ag and Natural Resources Industries Remain Strong
(GAINESVILLE, Fla. – University of Florida) — Florida’s agriculture, natural resources and related food industries provided a $104 billion impact on the state in 2011 and have continued to improve since the 2008 recession, according to a new University of Florida study. The study is the latest report from researchers in UF’s food and resource economics department — part of …
Do You Know A Florida AG-Vocate?
(Ag Institute of Florida) – Do you know someone who has been an outstanding spokesman for Florida agriculture over the past year? Someone who has made a positive contribution to the industry by speaking up and sharing information and ideas with opinion leaders or the general public to help improve public perception and understanding of our industry? The Agriculture Institute …
The Challenges Facing Farmers in a Changing World
Over 151 years ago President Abraham Lincoln created the department that we currently know as USDA and while its mission has remains relatively the same, Acting USDA Under Secretary Michael Scuse says a lot has changed during that time. Download Audio Secretary Michael Scuse talks about the irony of how those changes have impacted agriculture and in many ways has …