A Success Story about American Agriculture

Dan Agri View

Everett Griner tells us about one today that you probably didn’t know about.  Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for Florida Cattle IndustryFebruary 20, 2026

UF President Speaks Directly to Florida Agriculture!

Gary Cooper Citrus, Dairy, Florida, Nursery Crops, Specialty Crops, Sugar, Vegetables

Regardless of what you may have been told about comments he “reportedly made…” you can now hear in the report below, in his own words, what University of Florida President Bernie Machen thinks of the Florida agriculture industry and the budget crisis facing the University and the State of Florida as a whole. Speaking to us here at Southeast AgNet …

FL Agriculture Very Concerned Over UF/IFAS Budget Cuts

Gary Cooper Citrus, Florida, General, Nursery Crops, Specialty Crops, Sugar, Vegetables

We’ve been contacted by several farm groups and industry leaders who are urging farmers to contact University of Florida’s President and the Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives to say “no” to disproportionate cuts to the IFAS budget. Dade County Farm Bureau writes, “It seems that some people want to believe that agriculture in Florida is a dying industry. …

FDOC Sunset Review – Grower Point, Counterpoint

Gary Cooper Citrus, Florida

At Thursday’s meeting of the Joint Legislative Sunset Committee in Winter Haven, several growers and grower group representatives spoke in favor of the Florida Department of Citrus and the grower taxes that support it, while C E O of the state’s largest citrus grower, Charles Lucas representing Consolidated Citrus’s 50-thousand acres, spoke in favor of a referendum giving weight to …

What Will Be Agriculture’s Biggest Challenges in 2008?

Dan Agri View

In today’s Agri-View, Everett Griner describes some things that will challenge producers in 2008.  Report (1:00 mp3) This post sponsored by: Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Offers Targeted Research for …

This Won’t Be the Usual Census of Agriculture

Dan Agri View

Everett Griner tells us today all about this census and what we need to do when we get it in the mail.  Report (1:00 mp3)   This post sponsored by: Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, …

A New Census of Agriculture Coming Up

Dan Agri View

There is one done every five years you know.  Everett Griner gives us some statistics about this and tells us just what has to be done by whom and by when for this to be just as accurate as possible.  Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board …

Development of Organic Agriculture

Dan Agri View

This is the fastest growing segment of agriculture.  There is a problem with it though, and, Everett Griner talks to us today about this.  It is interesting the statistics he gives us and some of the ways we need to go with it.  Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026Florida …

House Ag Committee Reviews Labor Issue

Randall Weiseman Citrus, Florida

Labor issues were discussed in Washington D.C. Thursday, as the House Agriculture Committee heard testimony from various folks including a citrus grower from Florida. Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development and Management PracticesMarch 6, 2026CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2026Florida Cattle …

Foreign Trade Essential to U.S. Agriculture

Dan Agri View

With the recent attention given to China we must remember that there are other markets.  Everett Griner talks to us today about this and tells us some differences we need to know and look at.  Report (1:00 mp3) Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Builds Relationships Between Researchers and Cattle ProducersMarch 13, 2026Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Helps to Support Forage Development …