From: USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service: “Helping People Help the Land” since 1935. Students Gain Valuable Experience Through Internships As the old song goes, “Summertime, and the livin’ is easy…” especially in Florida, where summers are usually slow paced. Not so for college intern DeAndra Brooks, who is spending the summer working as a soil conservationist at the Crestview office …
UF/IFAS Challenge 2050 Project Webinar
University of Florida’s Dr. Tony Andenoro will be giving a webinar presentation August 19, 2015 on the university’s “Challenge 2050 Project.” Dr. Andenoro is the director of the “Challenge 2050 Project” and has coordinated with the University of Florida’s Center for Public Issues Education to bring you this exciting webinar. Listen to the story to hear why this is an …
Providing Risk Management Tools for More Producers
We told you last week that the USDA was expanding crop insurance to provide Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO) and the Actual Production History (APH) Yield Exclusion to cover fresh fruit and nuts in select counties beginning with the 2016 crop. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says this coverage started earlier for other crops like corn, cotton, cottonseed, grain sorghum, soybeans, wheat …
Roberts Introduces Bill To Repeal Meat Labeling
From the National Pork Producers Council: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 23, 2015 – Legislation introduced today by Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., would repeal country of origin labeling requirements for beef, pork and poultry and stave off trade retaliation from Canada and Mexico, a move hailed by the National Pork Producers Council. The U.S. Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) …
USDA Broadens Crop Insurance Options for Fruit and Nut Producers
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack called Southeast AgNet this morning. He wanted growers across our region to know that the U.S. Department of Agriculture made an announcement this week concerning the expansion of crop insurance to provide additional options. Download Audio Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, …
Nationwide Recall of Aspen Foods Chicken Products Due to Potential Health Risk
From the Georgia Department of Agriculture: Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary W. Black is alerting Georgians to the recall of certain Aspen Foods stuffed chicken products distributed in Georgia due to potential health risk to consumers. Georgia Department of Agriculture (GDA) inspectors will be checking retail stores and warehouses to make sure the recalled products have been removed from sale. Here …
Florida Ranch Receives Regional Environmental Stewardship Award
In the 25th year for the Environmental Stewardship Award Program, seven families, including the Carlton family who owns Bull Hammock Ranch in Florida, were honored this week for their outstanding land management practices during the 2015 Cattle Industry Summer Conference. Download Audio Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril …
Joan Kyle Retires from “Nutrients for Life”, Offers Kudos to Florida FFA
While at the Florida Fertilizer and Agrichemical Association’s annual meeting this summer we were able to catch up to Joan Kyle, who most in the industry know as the Florida Regional Representative for “Nutrients for Life.” Joan told us this summer’s FFAA meeting is her final “official” appearance on behalf of Nutrients for Life, as she plans to retire soon …
Coca-Cola Exec Invites Commercial Suppliers to Join HLB Fight
At the recent annual meeting of the Florida Fertilizer and Agrichemical Association in Naples, Coca-Cola’s Tim Anglea offers an invitation for commercial suppliers in the citrus industry to become more integrally involved in the combined efforts to find more answers to citrus greening. Growers and industry will want to hear Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester …
Growing 1500 Types of Peanuts
More than 1,500 kinds of peanut plants are growing at the University of Florida’s Plant Science Research and Education Unit in Citra. And as Tyron Spearman reports, the crop is part of USDA’s germplasm network to maintain and research different types of one of the world’s most popular and nutritional legumes. Download Audio Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, …