by Doug Mayo | Jan 29, 2016
2015 was a very challenging year for Panhandle row crop farmers with the double whammy of low commodity prices and unfavorable weather. As a result, many farmers are uncertain as to what crops to plant for the coming year. The University of Georgia has a nice tool or...
by Doug Mayo | Jan 29, 2016
Old crop Mar16 futures closed today at 62.45 cents—up 1.04 cents for the week. After recently threatening the 61-cent area and even challenging 60 cents in late September, prices now seem to have found a little support and, dare we say, upward momentum. The decline of...
by Doug Mayo | Jan 29, 2016
A Florida farmer had a very embarrassing moment at the country church where his wife had grown up, in the next county over. He was recovering from a very serious motorcycle injury. The farmer had kept his injuries a secret from his in-laws, because his father-in-law...
by Doug Mayo | Jan 22, 2016
Sometimes it takes time to find a winning formula. That’s how it was with First Step+ 10, according to Joshua Gurtler, an Agricultural Research Service scientist at the Eastern Regional Research Center, in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania. Gurtler and his collaborators at...
by Doug Mayo | Jan 22, 2016
Ever get frustrated searching for information on agricultural topics? Typically a Google search provides links to commercial sites, advertisements, and all sorts of websites that don’t have what you are searching for. While the University of Florida’s...
