Public Notice by the Florida Pork Improvement Group and the National Pork Board June 2024 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter The election of pork producer delegate candidates for the 2025 National Pork Producers (Pork Act) Delegate Body will take place at 10:00am on Thursday, July 25, 2024, in conjunction with a Board of Directors meeting of the Florida [...]
FDACS Best Management Practices Manual Revision Process Update June 2024 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter The FDACS Best Management Practices Manual revision process is still being conducted, with the Office of Agricultural Water Policy (OAWP) on track to complete updating the remaining 8 manuals by the end of 2024. The manuals that have been completed are cow/calf and [...]
FFBF Provides Comment for the Lower East Coast Water Supply Plan June 2024 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter The South Florida Water Management District (SFMWD) manages five different Water Supply Planning Regions throughout their 16-county geographic boundary. These water supply plans are updated every five years and were developed to assess and project water demands and potential sources [...]
Farm Bill Passed out of Committee June 2024 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter Peanut Marketing News released the following update on the Farm Bill on Friday, May 24, 2024. FARM BILL PASSED OUT OF COMMITTEE – The Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024 (Farm Bill) passed out of Committee tonight in a vote of (33- 22). [...]
FFBF to Provide Public Comment on Dicamba Labeling June 2024 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter In February 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) vacated the registration for over-the-top (OTT) use of three dicamba herbicides, XtendiMax, Engenia, and Tavium. Immediately following this vacatur, EPA issued an existing stocks order. This stated OTT dicamba products that were already in [...]
Tied to Ag: Jake Pender, Hardee County June 2024 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter Jake Pendergrass is no stranger to Farm Bureau. He grew up on his family’s cow/calf operation in North Alabama and moved to Florida when he was 12 years old. After relocating to Florida, Pendergrass spent his teenage years helping on the family’s citrus grove [...]
Tied to Ag: Katie Quincey, Gilchrist County May 2024 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter Katie Quincey is a proud fifth generation agriculturalist from Trenton. Her family’s cow/calf operation, Hines Cattle Co., is on the Gilchrist/Alachua County line in North Central Florida. In addition to commercial beef cattle, her family produces grass seed and hay. “My great-grandfather on my [...]
FDACS Encourages Indian River Lagoon Farms to Enroll in BMPs May 2024 FloridAgriculture e-Newsletter The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) monitors all major water bodies in the state of Florida for nutrient levels and potential pollutants. If a water body is considered impaired, the whole watershed is placed into a Basin Management Action Plan [...]
Central Florida Farmers Encouraged to Attend the Landowner Assistant Expo May 2024 FloridAgriculture e-Newsletter The Central Florida Regional Planning Council in conjunction with the Highlands Soil and Water Conservation District is hosting a Landowner Assistance Expo on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, from 8:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. It will be held at the Bert J. [...]
Tomato Suspension Agreement Update May 2024 FloridAgriculture e-Newsletter On April 18th, 2024, the U.S. Court of International Trade remanded a 2019 decision to the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), which determined Mexican tomatoes were being dumped in the U.S. market. This decision came as a result of a court case filed by a large Mexican [...]
