Columns
From the Editor’s Desk: Congrats to FAMU president on new trade policy post
Elmira Mangum, Ph.D, chosen to serve on U.S. Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee for Trade IN...
Facing the threat of greening
IT’S RARE TODAY to read an article or column about Florida citrus without seeing a...
Important lingo of the cold-storage operation
EVERY INDUSTRY has its own lingo — words and phrases understood by those who work...
Publisher Letter: Happy anniversary, Central Florida Ag News!
THIS EDITION of Central Florida Ag News has a very special theme, one that I...
A proposed expansion of overtime eligibility for salaried workers
PRESIDENT OBAMA and his U.S. Labor Department have proposed a major expansion of overtime eligibility...
Summertime for citrus: Your irrigation check-up
ALTHOUGH SUMMER is when most Florida citrus growers take a collective sigh of relief after...
See lawn improvements with regular feeding, mowing
THIS TIME of the summer, during the peak of the grass-growing season, you can easily...
Citrus study offers lesson in ‘irresponsible science’
SCIENCE IS A BELOVED ASPECT of agriculture, as it has long influenced agriculture in such...
Soil life challenges
OUR SANDY SOILS in Florida are a constant challenge to all growers of all crops...
Summer irrigation checkup
SUMMER IS A BUSY time for Florida blueberry growers, and it’s one where growers should...
Publisher Letter: Your Blueberry Roundup edition
WELCOME TO the Annual Blueberry Roundup edition of Central Florida Ag News! As a Florida...
Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis
EQUINE PROTOZOAL myeloencephalitis (EPM) is a neurological disease in horses and is caused by the...
From the Editor’s Desk: New citrus varieties available for live field trials
BEING BORN AND RAISED in Central Florida, I happen to know lot of folks in...
Repair regulations: Available elections (Part 4)
TAXPAYERS MAY CHOOSE to take advantage of the de minis safe harbor election under the...
Hurricane preparedness for your outbuildings
JUNE 1 brought the start of the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season, which is incentive enough...
Back to basics: Form I-9 and E-Verify
IF YOU’RE THE OWNER or manager of a business with employees, you probably already know...
PCFB President’s Column: Young Farmer & Rancher Committee growing
OUR YOUNG FARMER & Rancher Committee continues to grow under the leadership of its officers...
The proposed Safe Food Act of 2015, Part II
LAST MONTH, we introduced the topic of the proposed Safe Food Act (SFA) of 2015...
Preventing and protecting our lands from wildfires
SO FAR THIS YEAR, more than 1,300 wildfires have ravaged our lands and forests. Florida...
Stewards of the land and our environment
OFTENTIMES, FARMERS, RANCHERS and other ag folks are portrayed as being at odds with environmentalists...