by Doug Mayo | Jul 18, 2025
Back in May, I attended the University of Florida’s 74th annual Beef Cattle Short Course, in Gainesville. The theme this year was, “RIDING THE HIGH TIDE – Decision Making in a Record Cattle Market.” There were a lot of great speakers that...
by Doug Mayo | Jul 18, 2025
As a high school student, I remember watching neat old movies about farming in FFA, so I always love finding these old films on YouTube. This week’s feature video was an Encyclopedia Britannica film produced to highlight modern corn farming in 1960. In the...
by Doug Mayo | Jul 11, 2025
Rainfall For many years June was a wet summer month, but lately has been more variable. June 2025 rainfall was not uniform in the Panhandle with some counties above average and many slightly below average. The map above to the left shows the variation with counties...
by Doug Mayo | Jul 11, 2025
At the recent National Association of County Agricultural Agents Conference, I attended a training where a video was shared that really got my attention, called Three Seconds Later. The video shared the tragic story of a father and son that lost their lives when the...
by Doug Mayo | Jun 20, 2025
Rainfall May was a pleasant surprise for much of the Panhandle, except for the western counties that had much higher than normal rainfall. The map to the left provides an approximate total for the month, ranging in the Panhandle from 2-3.5″ (tan), 3.5-5″...
