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...
by Doug Mayo | Feb 5, 2016
Chris Prevatt, UF/IFAS Livestock Economist The August 2016 Feeder Cattle futures contract declined by $8.70/cwt. during January. Based on this futures price decrease, August Feeder Cattle revenues decreased by approximately $65.25/hd. ($8.70/cwt. * 7.5 cwt.) on a...
by Doug Mayo | Feb 5, 2016
January was a more normal month for much of the Florida Panhandle. Much of the soil is still somewhat saturated from all of the rain at the end of 2015, but from the map above you can see that the majority of the region had less than 6″ in January 2016. ...
by Doug Mayo | Feb 5, 2016
Feral swine cost the Florida cattle industry at least $2 million a year in lost cattle production, according to a new study led by a University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researcher. In fact, researchers believe they may have underestimated...
by Doug Mayo | Feb 5, 2016
A farmer and his wife had a challenging marriage. They seemed to fight every night, so the farmer just got up earlier and worked later each day until he was only at home long enough to eat, bathe, and sleep. This went on for a few months until finally his wife got...
