HLB Conference Coverage Sponsored by: In this report, Dr Calvin Arnold, Director, USDA Horticulture Lab in Ft Pierce FL, describes a concept that he says is being talked about more and more as a possible citrus psyllid and HLB control measure. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, …
FL Commissioner’s Spotlight on Arbor Day
This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is about the January celebration of Arbor Day in Florida. More information is available on the FDACS Division of Forestry web site by clicking on Arbor Day. In commemoration of Arbor Day in Florida, the Museum of Science and Industry in Tampa is coordinating the planting of 112 native trees. …
Why Are Food Prices Not Coming Down Too?
One example among many could be orange juice. While cash prices to growers for oranges are way down from a year ago, consumer prices at the supermarket remain higher than market forces seem to justify. A number of people in farm country are asking this question, and this report from USDA tries to provide at least some general answers to …
Disaster Assistance Charts
NAP. TAP. ELAP. Farmers and ranchers who don’t know what those acronyms represent may want to pay a quick Web visit to the USDA’s Farm Service Agency Web site to learn more about its Disaster Assistance Programs. The site, www.fsa.usda.gov/ca, offers a handy chart that provides a listing of disaster assistance programs for farmers and ranchers, along with a description …
National Conference on Grazing Land
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Florida reminds everyone the 4th National Conference on Grazing Lands will be held in December 2009 but that conference sponsors are now starting to accept abstracts for oral and poster papers in various categories. To learn more about the conference or how to submit papers click Here Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2025Nuseed …
Looking Back At Food Price Impacts, Forward At Weather Trends
This report starts out looking back at a very interesting year in terms of food prices and related issues. The second part discusses weather trends for Florida and the deep southeast going into the New Year, according to a USDA meteorologist. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, …
Reductions Continue in Hog Inventories
USDA’s December Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report showed a two percent reduction in inventory, as USDA Livestock Analyst Shayle Shagam says hog producers are expected to continue farrowing reductions. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
MILC Program Signup Underway
USDA’s Farm Service Agency has announced the signup for the Milk Income Loss Contract Program is underway. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
Microwave Cooking
You may feel like you have spent more than your fair share in the kitchen slaving over the stove to get ready for the big Christmas dinner. Well now that the goose is cooked, try an easier way of food preparation, the microwave! USDA Food Safety Expert, Diane Van gives us a few tips to ensure proper cooking. Sponsored ContentCIR …
Holiday Weather and Carrots
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 ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024