Citrus Expo is a private industry two-day seminar and trade show program for commercial citrus growers, grove owners, managers and industry leaders. It is set for Wednesday and Thursday, August 22 & 23, 2007 in Ft Myers. Hear more general details in report one posted below. In the second report, Dr Bill Castle at University of Florida’s Citrus Research and …
Insects in Georgia Cotton
Insect pressure is starting to build in Georgia, according to extension cotton agronomist Steve Brown. Report (:45 mp3) USDA NASS Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
AL Crop Conditions Deteriorate
Scorching temperatures and parched soil conditions in most of northern and now parts of south-eastern Alabama caused almost 52 percent of the state to be categorized by the U.S. Drought Monitor as suffering from exceptional drought conditions. Report (1:30 mp3) USDA NASS Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril …
Suwannee Funds
The Ag appropriations bill recently passed by the House includes funding to continue the implementation of practices to reduce dairy and poultry runoff impacting the Suwannee River. Florida state conservationist Niles Glasgow with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service says this cooperative program has been extremely effective. Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober …
Year Round Land Management
Land management for any purpose requires planning, time, labor, and money. Most landowners, managers and operators are interested in wildlife, but they may forget to think about it sometimes, according to USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama. Report (1:45 mp3) Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, …
FL Citrus Mutual: Research Funding a Continuing Challenge
Florida growers seem to have differing opinions as to whether Florida Dept of Citrus funds should be earmarked or research or remain exclusively for advertising and marketing to support stronger demand and grower prices. In this report, Florida Citrus Mutual’s top executive, Mike Sparks, offers comments on the debate and says the issue of citrus research funding needs will be …
Lower Peanut Crop Forecast
USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service is showing a lower peanut crop this year. Tyron Spearman runs through those and other crop numbers from this morning’s report. Report (1:00 mp3) USDA NASS Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
Lower Cotton Crop Forecast
USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service released their forecast for the 2007 cotton crop this morning, and Shiela Corley with NASS in Washington D.C. reports lower numbers compared to last year’s crop. Report (2:10 mp3) USDA NASS Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
Citrus Commissioner Questions Generic Mktg and ‘Free Riders’
Citrus Commissioner Bob Behr is with Florida’s Natural, but formerly spent years as a top market research executive at the Florida Department of Citrus. Now a member of the Florida Citrus Commission, Behr says market fundamentals have changed so much over the past four years that earlier studies indicating ‘generic’ marketing was good for Florida may no longer have merit. …
FDOC Citrus Expo Exhibit Geared for Grower Info
The Florida Dept of Citrus will be among 141 exhibitors at Citrus Expo 2007 in Ft Myers, FL, and FDOC In-State Marketing Manager Amy Carpenter says key FDOC team members will be on hand to answer grower questions and discuss marketing plans of all kinds going into the coming season. FDOC will be in exhibit “I” at the Citrus Expo …