Florida

Another cut in potential orange production in Florida. USDA's crop report on Wednesday slicing another 2% off its previous orange production forecast; new estimate at 43.5 million boxes. That would 18% below last season's crop.  But, the surveys of that crop were done before the big freeze hit the orange grove January 28th through the 30th. ...

On Sunday, the American Farm Bureau Federation and Nestle Purina PetCare announced a Florida Border Collie as this year’s Farm Dog of the Year. Owner Cindy Deak said "Fit" is a big help on their operation. "She’s a working farm dog and she teaches other dogs how to herd. She probab ...

Investing in resilient, climate smart infrastructure in rural America. "We're announcing $633-million being invested into 793 projects impacting all 50 state and Puerto Rico," Agriculture Secretary, Tom Vilsack said late last week as he announced new investments in climate smart Ag ...

Registration is now open for the 2021 Chicken Marketing Summit. The annual executive conference, hosted by WATT Global Media, is scheduled for July 18-20, 2021, at the Omni Amelia Island Resort in Fernandina Beach, FL. This year’s Chicken Marketing Summit will focus on what consumers will be looking for from protein suppliers and what strategies will be most effective for chicken marketers going f

On Wednesday, Dan Newhouse, Chairman of the Congressional Western Caucus, joined other lawmakers on the steps of the U.S. capital, calling for “real, commonsense immigration reform”. Newhouse threw his support behind Florida Representative María Elvira Salazar’s Dignity Proposal. Newhouse said the prop ...

Cattle groups met in Florida last week to discuss reforms to the beef industry. The meetings included the U.S. Cattlemen's Association, the Organization for Competitive Markets, and R-CALF USA. The National Cattlemen's Beef Association, the nation's largest cattle group, was invited but did not participate ...

The National FFA Organization this week announced a record-high student membership of 760,113, an increase from last year’s 700,170 members. The top five student membership states are Texas, California, Georgia, Florida and Oklahoma. I ...

With Florida's orange harvest starting to wind down, the latest USDA crop production forecast for the all-US crop for this season, reveals a 2% month-over-month decrease and down 6% from last marketing year final utilization. "Our Valencia oranges are down two million boxes it was 48 million and now it's 38 million and the non-valencias of course the season's done and the Valencia season is

USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box Program has been helpful to producers in states like Mississippi. "Our boxes contain sweet potatoes from Ponotoc, MS,  from Fury Eagles and NW Farms, chicken nuggets from Cook Foods in Morton, MS, ham and smoked sausage from Poke’s Meat in McGee, MS, and  Cook chicken strips from southern New Hands in Mosell MS," noted Andy Mercier from local partner

The USDA announced that Idaho as well as Florida have been approved for SNAP on-line purchasing program, already implemented in several states across the country, including Washington and Oregon. This approval will allow both states to expedite the implementation of online purchasing with currently authorized SNAP online retailers with a target start date later this month ...