Florida Produce Industry Embracing Progress, Confronting Challenges

According to Florida Grower editor Frank Giles, the Clean Water Act is muddying waters for farmers.

New irrigation projects and fertilizer practices have tremendous potential for protecting resources, while enhancing productivity.

Reports indicate most areas around the region received below average rainfall during August.

The 2014 production numbers are expected to be the highest on record; however, growers are facing a few challenges from the drought that have some shifting acreage to areas with more water.

Improving groundwater management and managing salinity are a couple tactics growers can use to cope with the effects of the drought.

Regulation inundation causing a rising tide of confusion for farmers.

Farm Bill Tree Assistance Program covers drought-damaged orchards.

Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam says the state’s farming sector and overall economy are in danger of drowning in red tape.

A new study indicates the drought is the most severe on record and is responsible for the greatest water loss ever seen in California agriculture.

Water managers are monitoring conditions in wake of first storm of the season.

The Food Safety Modernization Act will prescribe numbers to a once generic standard.

The State Water Resources Control Board has announced that approximately 1,634 junior water-rights holders in the San Joaquin River watershed are receiving curtailment notices.

Outlook calls for near to slightly below average precipitation around the region.

Overabundance in precipitation can cause planting delays, waterlogged soils, fertilizer runoff, and more.

From plenty in the East to next to none in the West, water will be the defining issue of 2014.

President of California Citrus Mutual sounds off on critical resource.

Controlling and capturing water addresses nutrient concerns.

John Duarte to appear Thursday on Fox Business Network’s Stossel Show with John Stossel.

Farm Aid, California Certified Organic Farmers, and Community Alliance with Family Farmers offer disaster assistance to organic farmers who have suffered the effects of the drought.