A week before the previous agreement was set to expire, we saw this week a tentative agreement on a six-year contract between the international Longshoremen’s Association and the United States Maritime Alliance.

One of the largest orange growers in the United States – Alico Inc – has now announced that, following recent hurricanes and years of battling plant disease, they are making an exodus from the citrus industry.

Demand continues growing for farm labor through the H-2A program. John Walt Boatright, director of government affairs for the American Farm Bureau Federation, says that even though the increase in positions certified was small, it still demonstrates how important the program is.

What’s in store for Cotton Belt weather? Brad Rippey, meteorologist with the United States Department of Agriculture, is the “man in the know” as far as how the weather could go. We get his forecast.

In an exciting new development for strawberry growers here in the Southeast, the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) has partnered with Ohalo, a biotech company, to combat Fusarium wilt, a fungal disease that has severely impacted strawberry crops in the region.

Slated for completion by late 2027, the 256,000-square-foot complex will consolidate workers currently spread across two outdated buildings

2024 reflected a year of focus for the Dairy Checkoff.

The initiative received over $200,000 in funding during 2024 to support local farmers and producers, helping expand the program’s reach across the state.

Today, we honor the legacy of former President Jimmy Carter, a true son of the South and a lifelong advocate for agriculture. Born and raised in Plains, Georgia, Carter's roots ran deep in the peanut farming community.

“The penalty for willful neglect is $500 per day, so it is something we're encouraging people to comply with,” says Jeff Poeschel, an accountant with Sundstrom and Company.