Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced $30 million in funding to help citrus producers combat HLB, also known as citrus greening. The resources will fund promising projects that offer near-term solutions as well as research funding that may develop longer-term solutions. Download Audio Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts …
Commissioner Putnam Testifies Before Joint Congressional Hearing on Newest Federal Overreach
From the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Commissioner of Agriculture Adam H. Putnam testified today on the impacts of the Waters of the United States rule at the Joint Hearing Before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works in Washington, D.C. Excerpts of his testimony are …
Southeast AgNet This Week: Cattle Report Surprises; Appropriations Process
Today’s issue of Southeast AgNet This Week includes some surprises in USDA’s annual cattle herd inventory report and how the annual appropriations process underway in Congress affects agriculture. Want to learn more? Click here to subscribe and view the current issue. Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement Board Considers Efforts Important to …
Dean Proposes Putting Conservation Money in One Pot
By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, January 30, 2015………. Money that Florida voters want to use for land and water conservation efforts would go into a single trust fund under a new Senate proposal, but lawmakers are still weeks away from deciding how they will use the money. Sen. Charlie Dean, an Inverness Republican who …
EPA Announces Voluntary Cancellation of Certain Methomyl Uses
From the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: WASHINGTON—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the manufacturers of the insecticide methomyl have agreed to cancel some uses and limit use on certain crops to reduce risks to drinking water. From 1995 to 2013, exposure from food to carbamates, which Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida Cattle …
UF/IFAS 3rd-Annual Photo Contest
With more than 40 entries so far, this year is shaping up to be the biggest contest yet. You are invited to submit photographs that capture a moment, landscape, product or service that represents the agricultural systems and ecosystems in which they live or work. Contest categories are: Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida …
FFVA President Addresses ASTA Vegetable Seed Conference
Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association (FFVA) President Mike Stuart provided an overview of changes and challenges going on in the vegetable industry to attendees at the opening general session of the annual Vegetable and Flower Seed Conference of the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) this week in Tampa. In this interview with AgNet’s Gary Cooper, Stuart discusses his comments and …
Putnam: ‘Think Big, Act Boldly’ on Water, Land
By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA: THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, January 22, 2015………. Florida lawmakers, who received a directive from voters in November to increase spending to protect water sources and sensitive lands, were told to “think big and act boldly” by the state agriculture commissioner on Thursday. Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam told members of the House State Affairs …
Putnam to Detail Water Recommendations
From The News Service of Florida: With Florida lawmakers preparing for a potentially major debate about water policy, Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam will make recommendations Thursday to a House committee. Putnam said during an interview this week with The News Service of Florida that he hopes Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For ResearchDecember 19, 2025Florida Cattle Enhancement …
News Service of Florida Has: Five Questions for Adam Putnam
By MARGIE MENZEL THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA: THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, January 20, 2015……….Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam easily won a second term in November and is widely believed to be considering a run for governor in 2018. Meanwhile, he is helping lead efforts to fight diseases damaging the citrus industry and Sponsored ContentFlorida Cattle Enhancement Board Provides Significant Support For …