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Waiver of Hours-of-Service Transportation Rules for Fertilizer

During a visit to Pennsylvania this week, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, alongside U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, announced waiving the hours-of-service rules for fertilizer deliveries. In a post on X, Secretary Rollins said, “We are waiving hours-of-service rules for fertilizer deliveries to help get critical supply to American farmers faster during spring planting season”. Secretary Rollins …

Senate Ag Committee holds hearing on Fertilizer Supply Chain and Affordable Ag Inputs

The US Senate Committee on Agriculture Nutrition and Forestry held a hearing last week to determine solutions to strengthen the fertilizer supply chain and to address agricultural input affordability. Witnesses that provided testimony for the hearing included Andy Green with Center Market Strategies, Trent Kubik with South Dakota Corn Growers, Eddie Melton with Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation, Corey Rosenbusch with …

Orange Juice: A Fruit or a Sugar-Sweetened Beverage?
A recent international nutrition symposium concluded that evidence supports classifying 100% fruit juice — including 100% orange juice — as a form of fruit rather than as a sugar-sweetened beverage. Unlike sugar-sweetened beverages, 100% orange juice contains naturally occurring sugars from the fruit itself, with no added sugar, the Florida Department of Citrus (FDOC) noted […]
Three Years of OTC Trunk Injection Provide Cumulative Benefits
By Ute Albrecht, Gabriel Pugina and Larissa Nunes According to a recent industry survey, 64% of Florida citrus growers have injected their trees for three consecutive years with oxytetracycline (OTC). This article reports the results from three research trials conducted by the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Plant Physiology Team […]