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The Agribusiness Update
With Florida in peak passion fruit season, researchers are eyeing the sweet tropical fruit as a cash crop, and farmers are on track to harvest some of their biggest corn and soybean crops ever.
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As we celebrate National Blueberry Month, a University of Florida dietitian says the fruit could be called “power berries”, and Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says USDA is awarding a record-breaking $14.3 million in Farm to School Grants.
Southeast Regional Ag News
Two companies in the state of Florida – Just Brands, LLC and High Roller Private Label LLC – are now seeing enforcement actions from the state following food inspections that revealed hemp products attractive to children.
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In Georgia and Florida, separate efforts are now underway to minimize the impacts of pine beetles and Yellow-Legged Hornets.
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From Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson, 'We’re committed to supporting Florida’s forests with top-quality seedlings, making it easier for landowners to replenish our timber resources.'
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American Farmland Trust is accepting applications to help farmers improve farm viability, access, transfer, permanently protect farmland, or adopt regenerative ag practices, and Senator Debbie Stabenow is not happy about the payment error rate for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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Florida Farm Bureau President Jeb Smith has been appointed to serve on the Seasonal and Perishable Ag Products Advisory Committee, and a Pew Research Center survey shows a decline in America’s support for renewable energy.
Southeast Regional Ag News
As Florida's ban on "lab-grown" meat takes effect next week, the Associated Press reports that Upside Foods, the company that came up with the world’s first cultivated meat meatball, last week hosted a tasting party in Miami.
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Citing concerns that it could facilitate housing for undocumented foreign workers, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Friday vetoed a bill supported by the agriculture industry that aimed to simplify the construction of housing for farmworkers.
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The Florida Department of Agriculture is celebrating the growing number of consumers who follow the Fresh From Florida program, and a first-of-its-kind trade mission in Vancouver, Canada seeks to develop export markets for Tribal and Native Hawaiian businesses and products.
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It’s almost time to enter your finest melons in the Big Melon Contest at the Panhandle Watermelon Festival, and the Federal Reserve reports that farm finances remain a concern.
Southeast Regional Ag News
This week, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson applauded the 2024-2025 state budget for its investments in Florida agriculture, natural resources, and consumer protection.
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USDA’s May Crop Production report shows that hay stocks in the U.S. are up 46% year-over-year, and meat processor JBS says China blocked shipments from the company’s Colorado plant because traces of ractopamine.
Southeast Regional Ag News
Florida dairy farmer Kevin Lussier, Chair of the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Young Farmer and Rancher Committee, spoke about the challenges facing young farmers and ranchers.
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Orange peels may hold a key to better cardiovascular health, and FDA’s approval of Elanco’s Bovaer (boe-vair) is another important step toward a net-zero future.
Southeast Regional Ag News
Along with investing $824 million, the USDA is launching a voluntary H5N1 Dairy Herd Status Pilot Program that could ease transportation woes.
Southeast Regional Ag News
With 11 appointees to the Seasonal and Perishable Agricultural Products Advisory Committee, eight are from the Sunshine State.
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29,000 workers were hired by farms in the Southeast Region of Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina, and almost that many in Florida, and the markup for House Ag Chair GT Thompson’s farm bill will move ahead despite scores from the Congressional Budget Office.
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Alabama is now the second state to ban the sale of cultured meat, and the Northern Lights lit up skies around the U.S., but also played havoc with farmers during spring planting.
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The Florida Department of Agriculture is taking proactive measures to help protect Florida livestock from bird flu, and Farmdoc Daily says the 2022 Census of Agriculture confirms U.S. farmers continue getting older, but relative to the rest of the population, American farmers are slightly younger.