by Doug Mayo | Feb 19, 2016
Kevin inherited a 200 acre farm from his father. He worked very hard for several years, but just could not earn enough to provide for his family. So, he started working in town driving a delivery truck part-time to provide additional off-farm income. Those of us who...
by Russ Mizell | Feb 12, 2016
Russ Mizell, Gary Knox and Holly Ober Faculty at the University of Florida’s North Florida Research and Education Center have developed a new website giving recommendations on plant species that provide a range of regulatory ecosystems services for each season...
by Doug Mayo | Feb 12, 2016
Last week the joke of the week picked on the menfolk. This weeks funny is on the women. A group of farmers’ wives regularly met for coffee on Friday mornings in a small Florida Panhandle town. The conversations varied each week, but many times were spent...
by btillman | Feb 5, 2016
Yield Potential While the majority of seed for peanut planting this year will be Georiga-06G, there are several varieties in seed increase that farmers should become familiar with. Table 1 shows the performance of peanut varieties in Florida over the past four years...
by Doug Mayo | Feb 5, 2016
Much of the agricultural economy in the country is driven by the basic economic principles of supply and demand. Why are commodity prices for crops grown in the Southeast so low? For the most part it is related to an increase in the supply (production) and a...
