by Doug Mayo | May 12, 2017
Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam and the Florida Forest Service announced this week that more than 2,000 wildfires have burned over 150,000 acres in Florida this year, with nearly 125 active wildfires burning as of today, May 8, 2017. Current conditions by...
by Doug Mayo | May 12, 2017
This week’s featured video was a news report from KOMO Channel 4 News about a new online beef marketing service being offered to consumers in the Western US. Crowd Cow is the name of a Seattle company that is connecting grass finished beef operations with...
by Doug Mayo | May 5, 2017
April was another dry month for much of the Florida Panhandle. There were streaks of red where heavy bands of rain came ashore and dropped 5-10″, but much of the region that is shaded beige or tan received less than 5″ of rain in April. Zones that were...
by Doug Mayo | May 5, 2017
This week’s featured video was produced by Florida Dairy Farmers to highlight a local dairy farm in Jackson County. Brad and Meghan Austin of Cindale Farms are continuing the family dairy farming tradition. Instead of simply expanding the farm to include the...
by Doug Mayo | Apr 28, 2017
2016 was a tough year in the cow-calf business. Rancher’s incomes were reduced 50% as compared to previous years. Needless to say, ranchers are looking for methods to reduce costs in 2017. One proven practice to save money is to pregnancy test the breeding herd,...
