by Doug Mayo | Apr 8, 2016
US cotton growers say they intend to plant 9.56 million acres this year. We’ve likely all seen or heard the numbers by now so there’s little reason to plow that ground again. Prior to USDA’s Prospective Plantings report yesterday, there were at least two other...
by Doug Mayo | Apr 8, 2016
Just when it seemed El Niño had lost it’s grip, the deluges started again at the end of March. Many farmers were planting watermelons and corn, or preparing land for cotton and peanuts in mid-March, but heavy rains at the end of the month and in early April...
by Doug Mayo | Apr 8, 2016
Frank and Ann had been farming together for over 20 years. Unfortunately, they spent so much time together they got on each others nerves all of the time. After Church one Sunday they waited around to speak with the Pastor. They explained their challenges and he...
by Doug Mayo | Apr 1, 2016
Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam H. Putnam announced on March 30, 2016 that the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services will invest $35 million toward the protection and preservation of working agricultural lands in Florida and invites...
by Doug Mayo | Mar 18, 2016
Those of you who are worried about which candidate will be our next president relax, the following is just one example of a more serious problem in this country. With so much current press coverage on the Presidential primaries, a professor of an American Government...
