Columns
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...
Conditions usually ideal now for lawn planting, patching
THERE ARE TWO kinds of sunshine — the radiant kind and the liquid kind —...
From the Editor’s Desk: Lessons learned from hard work
IN POLITICS, movies, and the media, we tend to hear a lot of rhetoric about...
Business-themed national events of note
A COUPLE OF business-themed national events were already in the rear-view mirror by the time...
The pesticide ‘calculator’
THE AGRICULTURE industry is steeped in history and tradition, but it is also constantly on...
Repair Regulations: De minis safe harbor election (Part 3)
OVER THE LAST two months, I have gone over the fundamentals of the new tangible...
Offering diverse options for all your outbuilding needs
MOST BARNS and outbuildings are “working” buildings; in other words, they are built to perform...
The proposed Safe Food Act of 2015
MANY WILL REMEMBER the creation of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Established in 2002...
Publisher Letter: A growing sensation among Florida crops
AS THE NUMBER of peach acres continues to climb in Florida, so does the consumer’s...
What is a Coggins test?
IF YOU OWN HORSES, then you have probably heard of a Coggins test, but what...
Fine tune your garden with the best of summer-growing vegetables
BACKYARD VEGETABLE gardening in Central Florida is more than just exercise; it’s an exercise in...
A program designed to maintain Florida’s agricultural land base
FLORIDA IS A SPECIAL PLACE, and I think that most of us who have lived...
Trending on the farm: Steel barns and outbuildings
THEY SAY NECESSITY is the mother of invention, and it’s the spark that lights innovation...