After a long day and night engaged in Farm Bill Markup with his fellow committee members, Florida’s only member on the House Agriculture Committee, Congressman Ted Yoho, spent a few moments with Southeast AgNet after speaking to a Florida Farm Bureau breakfast group also in DC this week. Click to hear Yoho’s comments about the Markup now that it’s finally …
House Ag Committee Passes Farm Bill: Significant Savings, Reforms
It was another marathon day of mark up session as the House Agriculture Committee did what it came for. Here’s the official release from the Committee’s press office: WASHINGTON – May 16, 2013 – Today, Chairman Frank Lucas of Oklahoma and Ranking Member Collin Peterson of Minnesota issued the following statements after the House Agriculture Committee approved H.R. 1947, the …
Ag Issues In Congress: Florida Congressman Rooney Comments
Among our interviews this week in Washington D. C. is Florida Congressman Tom Rooney, who is well known among farmers and ranchers in Florida’s “Heartland”. Rooney has served on the Agriculture Committee in the past, but has been shifted over to the powerful Appropriations Committee. His district in central Florida takes in much of the state’s citrus crop, and includes …
Electronic Farming
The use of electronics in the field has come a long way in just z short time. Everett Griner explains. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance Brahman GeneticsMay 15, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …
Ag Issues in Congress: Florida Congressman Southerland Comments
Spending most of this week in Washington D. C., we’re catching up with some key Congressmen closely involved in agricultural issues involving our region. Congressman Steve Southerland represents a big chunk of the Florida panhandle, but is involved in issues critical for farmers throughout the state and region. Click to hear his timely and pointed comments about several of these …
Opening Statement of Chairman Frank Lucas on House Ag Committee Consideration of the 2013 Farm Bill
Today, we are considering H.R. 1947, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013. It is the product of more than three years of work. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance Brahman GeneticsMay 15, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant …
Senate Ag Committee Sends Farm Bill to Full Senate
The Senate Agriculture Committee has approved its version of the farm bill. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance Brahman GeneticsMay 15, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Production ResearchMay 8, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Opportunities to Develop Preliminary Data For Future Grant ProjectsMay 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Critical Funding To Enhance Brahman GeneticsApril …
Growth Energy’s Buis Discusses Ag Subsidies and Ethanol Status
Catching up with Growth Energy CEO Tom Buis during our visits in Washington D. C. this week, he offers some interesting insights on heavy farm subsidies in many foreign countries that continue to stifle free trade. He also discusses the present status, progress and challenges of the ethanol industry. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Funding to Enhance …
Sugar Farmers Stand Strong as Farm Bill Progresses
Spokesman Philip Hayes for the American Sugar Alliance spends a good deal of his time these days spreading the factual word about sugar’s position in U. S. Farm Policy. Armed with new data about huge profits in the candy industry, Hayes says sugar farmers remain under attack by forces who want to continue to grow their own profits at the …
AFBF: Historic Farm Bill Markup Sessions Now Underway
The Senate Agriculture Committee’s Farm Bill mark up session presently underway, to be followed by the House Ag Committee’s mark up session on the Bill this Wednesday, is sure to make for some red eyed late hours for many lawmakers and others who are tuned in to agricultural issues on Capitol Hill. One of the most knowledgable folks we know …