by Doug Mayo | Oct 27, 2017
The winners of the 2017 Southeast Hay Contest were recognized on Tuesday, October 17 at the Sunbelt Ag Expo in Moultrie, Georgia. Seldom Rest Farm, Pulaski, TN was the overall winner with their entry of extremely high quality alfalfa hay with a relative forage...
by Doug Mayo | Oct 27, 2017
At the Sunbelt Ag Expo, I had the opportunity to visit with numerous local farmers who stopped by the UF/IFAS Extension barn. I enjoyed asking them, “What was the coolest thing you saw today?” Several Florida farmers shared with excitement that they had...
by Doug Mayo | Oct 20, 2017
Clyde Fraisse, AgroClimate Project Director While ENSO-Neutral conditions are still present in the Pacific Ocean, a La Niña Watch was issued by the NOAA Climate Prediction Center (CPC) on October 9, 2017. The chances for a La Nina to develop this Fall are...
by Doug Mayo | Oct 20, 2017
Don Shurley, UGA Emeritus Cotton Economist Last week, I visited an “apple house” in north Georgia. On this day, there were 3 or 4 bus loads of kids there also—touring the orchards, petting animals, and eating all sorts of yummy stuff. In the store, you could buy...
by Doug Mayo | Oct 20, 2017
This week’s featured video shares the unique history of domestication of five familiar fruits and vegetables. The video produced by Business Insider shows how farmers and scientists have been modifying genes for thousands of years through natural breeding and...
