Prices and Payments from the New Farm Bill Program for Cotton

Prices and Payments from the New Farm Bill Program for Cotton

Don Shurley and Adam Rabinowitz, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia Effective with the 2018 crop, “seed cotton” is now a covered commodity under Title I of the 2014 farm bill and eligible for Price Loss Coverage (PLC) payments. ...
Featured Video:  Cool-Season Forage Plot Tour with Ann Blount

Featured Video: Cool-Season Forage Plot Tour with Ann Blount

This week’s featured video was produced by the Panhandle Ag Extension Team. Doug Mayo, Jackson County Extension was the producer,  Mark Mauldin, Washington County Extension, was the director, Matt Lollar was the editor, and Dr. Ann Blount, UF/IFAS Forage Breeder...
US Cattle Herd Expansion Slows but Continues through 2017

US Cattle Herd Expansion Slows but Continues through 2017

  On January 31, 2018 the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released their annual January 1 Cattle Inventory Report.  The total U.S. cattle inventory was estimated to be 94.4 million head, which was a 1% increase as compared to 93.7...
Featured Video:  UF/IFAS Farm to City Project

Featured Video: UF/IFAS Farm to City Project

This week’s featured video was produced by the UF/IFAS West Florida Research and Education Center (WFREC) to showcase the teamwork of farmers, UF/IFAS faculty and staff, FFA Chapters, Boy Scouts, food banks, and numerous community partners and sponsors that work...
Featured Video: Chemical Control of Chinese Privet

Featured Video: Chemical Control of Chinese Privet

This week’s featured video was produced by Alabama Extension to show the results of a Chinese Privet chemical control demonstration.  This video shares the results for three techniques used for privet control: foliar (spraying leaves), cut stump, and basal bark...