May 2007

05/14 Possible New Control For Whitefly Discovered

05/14 Water Restrictions Intensify

05/07 Greening Committee Working On Compliance Agreement

05/07 New Lettuces Shrug Off Verticillium Wilt

05/07 Fern May Be Used To Clean Soil

April 2007

04/30 Applications For Fresh Fruit Shipments Due Soon

04/30 FCM Elections Set For Next Week

04/30 Help On The Way For Family Farms

04/16 New Mite Threat To Watermelon

04/16 Movement On The Ag Sales Tax Exemption

04/16 Mutual Representatives Meet With Legislators

04/9 Johanns Discusses Farm Bill Proposals

04/9 Enzymes Produce Ethanol Production Efficiency

04/9 Lessons From Canker And Greening

March 2007

03/26 USDA Addresses Change In Crop Estimate

03/26 Alternative Fuel Summit Scheduled For July

03/26 Movement Of Citrus Nursery Stock Halted

03/19 FFAA Seeking Lifetime Achievement Nominations

03/19 Pitting Microbe Against Microbe For Safer Foods

03/19 Operation CleanSweep Tops A Billion Pounds

03/12 2008 Florida Fruit Crop Insurance Update

03/12 Researchers Design Folate-Packed Tomato

03/12 Second Annual Small-Farms Workshop Set

03/05 State Ag Response Training Scheduled

03/05 Get Into The Root Zone

03/05 USDA Offers Low-Interest Emergency Loans

February 2007

02/26 Ag In The Classroom Set For March 15

02/26 Citrus Commission Focuses On Import Tax Issue

02/26 Grant Awarded For Renewable Energy

02/20 UF Group Tackles Growth-Management Issues

02/20 House Discusses Farm Bill Concerns

02/20 Bronson Announces Tax Break For Growers

02/13 Disaster Aid Sign-up Deadline Extended

02/13 Superior Lettuces Fend Off Two Distructive Viruses

02/13 Orange Peel Carbs May Have Beneficial Health Properties

January 2007

01/29 USDA Offers Export Assistance

01/29 USDA Offers $1.6 Billion For Renewable Fuels

01/29 Using Plants To Clean Soil

01/22 Red Cross Names Paul DiMare Humanitarian Of The Year

01/22 Mutual Working To Secure Reseach Dollars

01/22 Citrus Commission To Explore Fed Takeover

01/15 New Direction For Florida's Growers

01/15 All Of Florida Under Quarantine

01/15 AgJOBS Re-introduced To Congress

01/08 Citrus-Leaf-Eating Butterfly Knocking On Our Door

01/08 Greening Focus Of Nest FCM Meeting

01/08 Plant Virus Becomes Taxi For Insecticide

December 2006

12/19 Holiday Safety Tips

12/19 The Night Before Christmas - Deep South Style

12/19 World's Best Fruitcake Recipe

12/11 Five Million Added To Orange Crop Estimate

12/11 Hinton Released From FSGA

12/11 UF Scientists Work To Create Allergy-Free Peanut

12/04 Brazil To Press FCOJ Probe

12/04 Vegetables Help Fight Age-Related Memory Problems

November 2006

11/20 FDACS Take Message To The Streets

11/20 Labor Department Offers Free Programs

11/20 USDA Funnels $39 Million Into International Program

11/13 Decisions Made On MBr Critical Use

11/13 USDA Agrees To Buy Grapefruit Juice

11/13 Greening Focus Of Research Project

11/06 Navigating The Proposed Amendments

11/06 USDA: New Tool To Diagnose Plant Disease

11/06 SWFMD Claims Water Shortage

October 2006

10/30 Fence Law Signed By President

10/30 USDA Promises Specific Farm Bill Recommendations

10/30 Citrus Growers Ask USDA To Buy Surplus

10/24 Young Citrus Trees Need The Most Protection

10/24 Protect Your Field From Freezes

10/24 Tools Are Available To Help Your Prepare For Cold

10/16 USDA Funnels $4 Million Into Biomass Research

10/16 Researchers Decipher Eggplant Pest's Chemical Call

10/16 Five More To Florida Ag Hall Of Fame

10/09 USDA Publishes Summer Labor Stats

10/09 Florida Minimum Wage To Rise

10/09 USDA Adds $100 Million In Canker Compensation

10/02 Canker Survey Critical

10/02 Putnam Introduces New Food-Promotion Bill

10/02 New Methyl Bromide Substitute Process Developed

September 2006

9/25 Assistance Deadline This Friday

9/25 New Strawberry Campaign Set

9/25 Info Abounds At Ag Expo

9/11 USDA To Allow Tomato Imports

9/11 Gene Delivery Truck Aids Pest Control

9/11 Deadline Approaching To Apply For Hurricane Assistance

9/5 Scolarships Available For Farmworker Children

9/5 Chance, Griffiths Honored

9/5 UF Launches Organic Ag Degree Program

August 2006

8/28 FAQ: Hurricane Disaster Assistance

8/28 Important Recovery Contacts

8/28 Details About Disaster Assistance

8/28 Q&A: Hurricane Recovery Grants

8/21 Groups To Hold Immigration Rally

8/21 Troutman To Host Idearaisers

8/21 Irrigation Association Expands Education

8/14 Fourth Farm Bill Paper Addresses Renewable Energy

8/14 New Fusarium Strain Threatens Watermelon

8/14 Alternative Fuels Summit Two Weeks Away

8/7 Sales of Florida Produce Increase By $394 Million

8/7 USDA Amends Fruit Movement From Florida

8/7 Software Helps Tackle Weeds

8/1 New Burning Program Implemented

8/1 Buildings Become Major Addition To Ag Museum

8/1 Packinghouse Day, Postharvest Workshop Set

July 2006

7/24 Women-Owned Farms On The Increase

7/24 Box Tax Raised For Processed Oranges, Grapefruit

7/24 New Tax Exemption For Ag Employers

7/17 EU Will Accept Florida Citrus

7/17 Pest-Control Method Wins Organic Verification

7/17 Citrus Forecast Low Again

7/10 High-Tech Packaging Keeps Fresh-Cut Produce Fresh

7/10 Researchers Believe Vine Decline Solved

7/10 UF: Extension Program Helping Slow Canker, Greening

June 2006

6/26 Fresh-Fruit Growers Need To File Compliance Papers

6/26 June 30 CRP Deadline Looming

6/26 New License May Aid In Control of Citrus Weevil, Other Pests

6/19 Nelson Pleads For Quarantine Lift

6/19 Ag Expo Seminars Taking Shape

6/19 President Signs Appropriations Bill For Hurricane Relief

6/12 Canker Compensation To Nurseries

6/12 Scholarship Applications Now Being Accepted

6/12 USDA Adds $100 Million To Compensation

May 2006

5/30 Grower-Favored Immigration Bill Passes Senate

5/30 Sparks Named New FCM Head

5/30 Florida Ag Hall Of Fame Accepting Nominations

5/22 Keck Hired To Replace Gunter

5/22 FDOC Proposed Tax Increases

5/22 UF Offers Growers New Digital Tool

5/15 IFAS: Restrictions On Use Of Biosolids Needs Further Look

5/15 Wal-Mart To Promote Fresh Produce

5/15 ET and Irrigation Meeting Set

5/8 Florida Blueberries To Be Featured In Canada

5/8 Hurricane Disaster Assistance Program Sign-Up Begins May 17

5/8 State House Kills Canker Eradication Program

5/1 Senate: Immigration Reform To Dominate Session

5/1 Comments Sought On Specialty Crop Block Grant Program

5/1 Arrest Made In Vegetable Trailer Theft

April 2006

4/24 Vegetable Field Day Set

4/24 Scientists Mobilize Fungus to Fight Hydrilla

4/24 Project Boosts Crop Yields By 10 Times

4/17 CRP Sign-Up Deadline Extended

4/17 Asymptomatic Fruit Won't Spread Canker

4/17 Gene Could Help Crops Beat The Heat

4/10 Citrus Peels a Potential Fuel Source

4/10 New Disaster Assistance Measure Introduced

4/10 Immigration Bill Stopped In Its Tracked

4/3 Canker Discussion With Argentenian Expert Set

4/3 Four Named To The Citrus Commission

4/3 Canker Tree-Replanting Quarantine Lifted

March 2006

3/27 Wages For H2-A Workers Decrease

3/27 Study: Hurricane Season To Be Milder Than 2004, 2005

3/27 Study Takes Close Look At Citrus' Future

3/20 Gunter To Leave FDOC

3/20 Herbs May Fight Spud Disease

3/20 Web Site Is Ripe With Tomato Data

3/13 Citrus Health Response Plan Released

3/13 FFVA Fights For Guestworker Program

3/13 Four New Century Pioneer Family Farms Named

3/6 Replanting Citrus In Quarantine Areas

3/6 USDA Makes Disaster Funds Available

3/6 CHRP Group To Release Draft March 7

February 2006

2/27 Citrus Engineering Conference Nearing

2/27 FFVA Takes Immigration Concerns To DC

2/27 Research Project Will Help Growers Increase Exports

2/20 Five Inducted Into Ag Hall Of Fame

2/20 Operation Cleansweep Collects Pesticides

2/21 Citrus Disease Hotline Keeps Growers Informed

2/13 Clay Shoot To Raise Funds To Benefit Agriculture

2/13 Industry Injured By Dumped Brazilian Juice

2/13 US Government Adds $100 Million To Canker Funds

2/7 USDA Ag Budget Includes Pathogen Detection, Conservation Efforts

2/7 Citrus Health Response Plan Update

2/7 Gmitter Selected To Lead The International Citrus Genome Consortium

January 2006

1/30 Study: Fewer Farmers Are Ag Input Buyers

1/30 Florida Citrus Reps Meet In California To Discuss Canker

1/30 Greening Can Be Managed, Researchers Say

1/16 USDA: Canker Eradication Not Feasible

1/16 Campaign Promotes Florida Grapefruit, Sweet Corn and Blueberries

1/16 Florida Land Boom: Survey Shows Land Values Increased

1/9 LaVigne Announces Resignation From Florida Citrus Mutual

1/9 Strawberry Field Day Scheduled

1/9 Truck Weight-Restriction Increases Extended

1/3 USDA: $200 Million For Hurricane Disaster Assistance

1/3 Ag Hurricane Relief Stripped From Defense Bill

1/3 House Passes Enforcement-Only Labor Bill

December 2005

12/19 FFVA: Immigration Bill Would Hurt Agriculture

12/19 CREC Needs Your Help

12/19 NC Strawberry Growers Tour Florida

12/12 New PBH Web Site Expands Appeal Service

12/12 Citrus Comes To The Aid Of Farmworkers

12/12 Florida Orange Crop Decreased By 15%

12/5 Hurricanes: What is the Ag Market Going To Do?

12/5 CREC To Host Seminar on Grading and Sorting Systems

12/5 Crop Loss Forces FCM Assesment Revision

November 2005

11/28 Citrus Box Tax Suit Settled

11/28 Treat Greening One Tree At A Time

11/28 Walmart Helps Florida's Farmers By Promoting Produce

11/21 Lawmakers Introduce Hurricane Assistance Bill

11/21 Asian Citrus Psyllid and Greening: A Closer Look At The Vector

11/14 Researchers: Eradication Of Greening Not An Option

11/14 Major Foreign Retailer To Promote Florida Products

11/7 Canker/Greening Workshop Held

11/7 Raid Receives Ag-Environmental Award

11/7 Growers Competing For Workers With Urban Relief Efforts

October 2005

10/31 Hurricane Wilma Q&A

10/31 Grapefruit Hit Hardest Among Citrus Crops

10/31 Industry Loss Could Top $1 Billion

10/17 AgMart Targeted For Pesticide Use Violations

10/17 Bouffard Honored At Ag Institute Meeting

10/17 Citrus Crop Still Hurting From Hurricanes

10/10 Vegetable BMP Manual Standardizes Requirements

10/10 ARS Scientists Collaborate To Increase Irrigation Efficiency

10/10 USDA Releases $1.7 Billion In Conservation Funds

10/3 Report Sheds Light on Nutrient Intake

10/3 FFVA Raises Almost $57k For RCMA

September 2005

9/27 Expanding Exports To Cuba Creates Opportunities

9/27 Growth Management Highlighted At Training Institute

9/27 USDA Announces New Market Web Portal

9/19 Florida Legislators Hear From Growers On Canker

9/19 SFCC To Host Crop Advisor Seminar

9/19 Quick ID Needed To Save Citrus From Greening

9/12 IFAS To Host Academic Conference

9/12 Farm Bureau Meeting Set For Orlando

9/12 Hurricane Preparedness for Trees Workshop Set

9/6 Canker Committee Gets Good News on Sentinel Survey

9/6 Citrus Greening Detected In South Florida

9/6 UF Launches Center For Food Distribution And Retailing

August 2005

8/29 FAQ: Hurricane Disaster Assistance

8/29 Important Recovery Contacts

8/29 Details About Disaster Assistance

8/29 Q&A: Hurricane Recovery Grants

8/22 Farm Bureau: Focus On Panhandle Growers

8/22 Increasing Nutrients In Melons May Boost Income

8/22 Southeast Strawberry Expo Set For November

8/8 Produce Stays Fresher With Dunking

8/8 UF Experts Help Bring Classroom To The Field

8/8 RCMA Christmas Card Fund-Raiser In Full Swing

8/1 Marketing Partnerships Offered

8/1 Diquat Use Allowed Under Exemption

8/1 Young Producers Learn Leadership

July 2005

7/25 Canker Found North Of Orlando

7/25 Harvesting Safety And Compliance Seminar Scheduled

7/25 Lab Helps Growers Turn Waste Into Resource

7/18 IFAS Offers Advanced Citriculture Class

7/18 Final Forecast Shows Ornage Crop At 149.6 Million Boxes

7/18 Canker Meeting Set For July 21

7/11 Canker Found At UF Research Grove

7/11 Florida Pauses South African Clementine Imports

7/11 Celestial Drops No Cure For Canker

7/5 Children To Benefit From FFVA Convention Auctions

7/5 Grafting Watermelon Makes Firmer Fruit

7/5 UF Farm Safety Program Targets Workers

June 2005

6/20 USDA To Host Farm Bill Forum

6/20 Scientists Evaluate Methyl Bromide Alternative

6/20 Canker Workshops Starting

6/13 Citrus Comes From A Few Wild Ancestors

6/13 Summer Rains Benefit Crops

6/13 Canker Spreading

6/6 Florida Watermelon To Be Featured In Nationwide Campaign

6/6 State May Kick Back Citrus Case To Lower Court

6/6 Johanns, Foley, Bronson Gather To Unify For Canker Eradication

May 2005

5/31 No Sure Answers In Canker War

5/31 FCM Board Elected

5/31 Court Rules Beef Checkoff Constitutional

5/23 AgJOBS Maintains Strong Support

5/23 Nominations Sought For Florida Ag Hall of Fame

5/16 Field Day To Provide Updated Research

5/16 Laser Scans Fruit Quality

5/16 Legislature Ends With Wins For Florida's Growers

5/9 Highly Destructive Citrus Disease Discovered In Brazil

5/9 Affordable Farmworker Housing Opens

5/9 Peace River And Manitoba Basin BMP Program Underway

5/2 New Forecasts Help Growers Reduce Production Risks

5/2 New Lo-Carb Potato Offers More Choices

5/2 Growers, Public Invited To May 5 BMP Workshop

April 2005

4/25 AgJOBS Won't Proceed Just Yet

4/25 USDA Releases Final Food Guideline

4/25 CTOC Reviews Trade Status

4/18 Bronson: Court Gets Canker Compensation Right

4/18 IFAS, FAMU Create Web Site To Help Small Farmers

4/18 New Test On Tap For Detecting Pesticide-Resistant Mites

4/11 Study: Double-Digit Increases For Farmland Values

4/11 Canker Found In New Groves

4/4 Canker Eradication Law Passed

4/4 AMS Seeks Comments On Grade Standards

4/4 USDA Releases Two New Southernpea Varieties

March 2005

3/28 Sign-up Set For Conservation Security Program

3/28 Healthy Eating Can Help Your Vision

3/28 Council Discusses New Direction For FDOC Message

3/21 USDA Announces $6 Million For Farmer Initiative

3/14 Industry Delivers Message To DC

3/14 Committee Discusses Future Of FDOC

3/14 USDA Announces $4.2 Billion In Rural Housing Aid

3/7 Be On The Lookout For PFD

3/7 Bronson To Kick Off Ag Literacy Day

3/7 ITC Finds Dumping Injures Industry

February 2005

2/28 2005 Hurricane Season Forecast Looks Stormy

2/28 Florida Ag Industry, Catholic Conference Push AgJOBS

2/28 Tomato Prices Remain Low

2/22 More Canker Aid Requested

2/22 Computer Model Helps Farmers Lower Risk Of Crop Loss

2/22 Strawberry Latent Ringspot Virus Found in North America

2/14 Slow Demand For Tomatoes Affecting Workers, Bronson To Help

2/14 No Change to Citrus Forecast

2/14 Health Benefits of Citrus Limonoids Explored

2/07 Restaurants Fall Short on Tomato Savings

2/07 Help On The Way for Blueberry Growers

2/07 UFFVA Establishes New Government Relations Council

January 2005

1/31 Citrus Community Raises $1 Million For Hurricane Relief

1/31 More Canker Finds Likely

1/31 Poor Breakfast Habits Could Be Affecting American's Health

1/17 Johanns Voices Preference For Voluntary Labeling

1/17 Mutual Works To Reform Assistance Policy

1/17 Hurricanes Still Battering Citrus

1/17 Growers To See More Money For Fruit

1/10 USDA Crop Coverage Deadline Approaching

1/10 Mutual Files Anti-Dumping Suit

December 2004

12/20 Canker Task Force Assesses Spread From Hurricanes

12/20 Temperatures Are Dropping; Don't Let Your Fruit

12/13 Tomato Growers Still Feeling Sting from Storms

12/13 FFVA Donates $50K To Farmworker Housing

12/13 Citrus Crop Estimate Decreased

12/6  FDOC Picks Up Federal Money

12/6  Hurricanes Blow Profits To Texas

12/6  Congress Approves $36.5 Million To Fight Canker

November 2004

11/22  Q&A: Hurricane Recovery Grants

11/22  Fruit Flies Feast On Hurricane-Blown Citrus

11/15  Help Can Be Found At Extension Office

11/15  Disaster Aid Reaches Record Numbers

11/8  New FDOC Ad To Focus On Hurricane Assistance

11/8  FFVA To Lead Storm Risk Mitigation Workshops

11/8  State To Keep Canker Spread To A Minimum

October 2004

10/15 Growers To Get The Help They Need

10/01 Grower Meeting Set In Apopka