As we continue to keep you informed on the affects of our three December freezes, the following two reports have information from USDA experts regarding the impact on the grower and the consumer. USDA Meteorologist – Brad Rippey: Download Audio USDA Economist – Gary Lucier: Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding …
After Freezes, Growers Have to Make Tough Decisions
The threat of freezing weather has abated for now, but Director of Hendry County Extension, Gene McAvoy, says the risk for the producer is still as strong as ever. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics …
FL Pastures Seeing Tough Winter
Gene McAvoy, Hendry County Extension Director with University of Florida IFAS in LaBelle, talks about how the recent freezing weather in the state is having an effect on many pastures. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant …
Time will Tell How Bad Freezes Affected Citrus and Sugarcane Crops
Gene McAvoy with the Hendry County Extension gives us an update on how the three freezes and now warm-up will affect the citrus and sugarcane crop. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers Growers Targeted …
2010 Ending the Same Way it Started for Specialty Crop Growers
Unfortunately, the month of December topped off an already tough year for specialty crop growers as Hendry County Extension Director, Gene McAvoy, gives us some estimates of the losses they have received due to the three early freezes this month. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement …
Uncertain Weather
2010 was a bad weather year. Everett Griner explains. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida 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, 2026
A White Christmas for Parts of the Southeast
Many parts of our listening region experienced a rare white Christmas weekend for 2010. Including the Athens, Georgia area where CAM Ranches owner, Andrew McPeake, didn’t get much of a holiday as he was busy checking on his cattle and ensuring that they had plenty of feed and hay to keep them warm during the blistering temperatures. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture …
A Host of Weather Issues Could Affect Producers Well into Spring
It’s not just the cold weather that southeastern producers are having to contend with as an impending drought could affect many sectors of agriculture well into the spring. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Awarded Researcher Discusses New World Screwworm OverviewJune 19, 2026Verdant Robotics Offers …
USDA Designates All 67 AL Counties Eligible for Disaster Assistance
MONTGOMERY – Agriculture & Industries Commissioner Ron Sparks announces that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Thomas Vilsack has designated all 67 Alabama counties as areas of primary natural disaster due to losses caused by drought and excessive heat during the period of March 1, 2010 and continuing. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board …