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June 2024 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter By Rob Gilbert [email protected] @IFAS_VP Florida agriculture has a recipe for profitable farming that protects water quality. The ingredients include science, financial incentives, and encouragement from peers. We’re fortunate in Florida to have a great partnership to supply you with all of the above. The University…

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 Pork Improvement Group at the Florida FFA Association…

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 sod. Manual revisions…

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 of water through 20-year planning horizon.

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…