Friday Feature: 1942 Hemp for Victory

by Doug Mayo | Nov 15, 2019

At the recent 850 Hemp Summit in Marianna, organizers encouraged participants to watch a historic short film that highlights the versatility of industrial hemp.  This week’s featured video is Hemp for Victory, produced by USDA to promote Hemp farming in the US...

The Great Florida Cattle Drive of 2021 will Celebrate 500 Years of Florida Ranching

by admin | Nov 1, 2019

– Celebrating 500 Years of Cattle & Horses in Florida The Florida Cow Culture Preservation Committee invites Florida cattle producers to once again be a partner in a historic event. Participants will drive 1000 head of Cracker type cattle through historic...

Monday Feature: 1950s Hay Stacking

by Doug Mayo | May 13, 2019

This week’s featured video was published to social media by Classic Tractor Fever to share a portion of an archived Library of Congress video about ranch life on the Ninety Six Ranch in Paradise Valley, Nevada back in the 1950s.   It is amazing to see how these...

Friday Feature: Farmers Struggle to Recover After Hurricane Michael

by Doug Mayo | Mar 15, 2019

This week’s featured video was produced by the Weather Channel to share the stories of Bud Baggett, Jackson County Crop Farmer, and a Georgia Pecan Grower, who are still trying to pick up the pieces of their devastated operations five months after Hurricane...

Three Decades of Consolidation in U.S. Agriculture

by admin | Mar 23, 2018

A report summary from the USDA Economic Research Service, James M. MacDonald, Robert A. Hoppe, and Doris Newton What Is the Issue? Farm production has been shifting to larger farms for many years—one element of broad-based changes in farm structure. However, the U.S....

Featured Video: Documentary of the History of Soil Conservation in the U.S.

by Doug Mayo | Feb 23, 2018

This week’s featured video is a documentary produced by the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).  This 20 minute documentary highlights the history of the NRCS and the father of soil conservation, Hugh Hammond Bennett, and the effort he put into...