This series on Florida’s fresh citrus industry is based primarily on interviews with Florida Citrus Packers Executive Vice President Richard Kinney and Citrus Administrative Committee Manager Duke Chadwell.It begins by discussing the importance of the holiday season to Florida growers and packers, and with reports of reduced shipments so far this season compared to recent seasons. The new canker rule …
USDA Announces Final Analysis on Climate Change Legislation
The final analysis on the impact of proposed energy and climate change legislation is completed as Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack gives us an overview of the findings. Secretary Vilsack acknowledges that specialty crops will not see much of a benefit in a carbon sequestration system, but says that they have some preliminary plans to assist growers. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture …
FL Commissioner’s Spotlight on the 2009 Farm to Fuel Summit
This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is on the 2009 Farm to Fuel Summit held in Orlando this past summer to explore ways of using crops and other biomass materials to provide ethanol and bio-diesel fuel to meet our energy needs. For more information about Farm to Fuel and to view the presentations made by the …
Citrus Tour Focuses on Alternative Greening Treatments
Fifty growers and production managers took a full-day bus tour a week before Thanksgiving to see how nutritional sprays and so-called systemic acquired resistance (SAR) products are working in some greening-infected groves in Southwest Florida. The tour, organized by Peace River Valley Citrus Growers Association, started and finished in Arcadia and included several stops near Immokalee. Southeast AgNet’s Ernie Neff …
Gubernatorial Candidate Sink Visits Florida Citrus Mutual
Florida Chief Financial Officer and gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink shared her views about agriculture, and citrus in particular, with Florida Citrus Mutual’s Board of Directors Wednesday. In this interview with Southeast AgNet’s Ernie Neff, she discusses her support for the University of Florida-IFAS, her view of Florida Citrus Commission membership, and more. In the photo, Sink talks with Mutual CEO …
FL Dept of Citrus Ad Agency Search Committee Meeting Report
This report has a general overview of the conference call of the Florida Department of Citrus Advertising Agency Evaluation Committee. The committee met this week via conference call to discuss issues related to the search for a new advertising agency for the Florida Dept of Citrus account. Post sponsorCopper coverage with Less Metallic Copper/acre. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, …
Growers/Packers Move Forward w/ New Citrus Canker Shipping Rule
Florida citrus growers, packers, shippers, and their customers in other U. S. citrus producing states and territories celebrate a new USDA rule allowing Florida fruit to return to those markets. Vero Beach grower-packer-shipper Dan Richey at Riverfront Packing says the new rule took unprecedented collaboration among many people and entities to accomplish. In this brief and timely interview with Southeast …
FL Commissioner’s Spotlight on Overseas Buyers for Thoroughbreds
This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is about the visit this past summer of buyers from Russia, South Korea and Italy to Ocala-Marion County to view Florida Thoroughbreds. More information is available online by clicking on Florida Thoroughbred Buying Event. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding YearJune 30, 2026Florida …
Deadliest Catch Captains Promote State’s Seafood Industry
TALLAHASSEE – Three of the world’s most recognizable commercial fishing personalities are helping Florida mark National Seafood Month in October, and will soon be featured in a public awareness campaign promoting Florida seafood products and the “working waterfronts” where the state’s fishing heritage is preserved and cultivated. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2026FL Cattle Enhancement Board Wraps up Funding …
Milk Industry Soured By Bad Economy
By JOHN KENNEDY – THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA (http://www.newsserviceflorida.com) THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, Oct. 1, 2009….First there was the housing implosion. Then banks melted down. Now, Florida’s milk industry is souring. The state’s already shrinking dairy industry is getting pummeled by the recession, with a Senate report released Thursday showing each farmer will lose an average $709,000 this year. “Milk …