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June 2024 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter Peanut Marketing News released the following update on the Farm Bill on Friday, May 24, 2024.  The Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024 (Farm Bill) passed out of Committee tonight in a vote of (33- 22). Four Democrats (Reps. Bishop (GA), Caraveo (CO), Davis…

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 the United States…

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 in Zolfo…

Written by Katie Quincey and Matt Fisher, YF&R Class X Leadership Group The 2024 American Farm Bureau Young Farmers & Ranchers Conference (YF&R), held in Omaha, Nebraska, was not just an event; it was an immersive experience that left a lasting impact on attendees, particularly the Class X Leadership…

American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented today on the House Agriculture Committee markup and passage of the Farm, Food, and National Security Act. “AFBF appreciates the leadership of Chairman Thompson and members of the House Agriculture Committee for the markup and bipartisan passage of the Farm, Food, and National Security Act. The farm bill affects all of America’s families,…

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 dad’s side…

On April 29, Florida Farm Bureau President Jeb S. Smith’s family farm was recognized as a Century Pioneer Family Farm by the Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson. This award honors 100 years of farming by the Smith and Johns Family Farm in Hastings, Fla.   The…

Florida Farm Bureau Federation continues to monitor the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) outbreak in cattle. The states currently affected are Idaho, Kansas, Michigan, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, South Dakota and Texas.  The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) has issued that cattle…

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 (BMAP). A BMAP is a…

June 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. Harris Agricultural Center Auditorium at…

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…

May 2024 FloridAgriculture e-Newsletter On February 15, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued an order that nullified the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) approval of Florida’s application to take over permitting authority from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) under Section 404 of the…