by Doug Mayo | Apr 21, 2023
The third straight La Niña winter played out much like it was forecast to be, warm and dry. In the Panhandle, winter rainfall was not at all uniform, as can be seen in the map on the left above. The sections in purple, mauve, and hot pink received more than...
by Doug Mayo | Apr 21, 2023
The first Farmall tractor was produced by International Harvester (IH) in 1923. Bert R. Benjamin, IH Engineer, had a vision for a tractor that could replace horses. He developed a revolutionary design that changed farming forever. In 1932, Farmall went all red with...
by Doug Mayo | Apr 14, 2023
At the recent NFREC Beef & Forage Field Day, one of the sponsors introduced relatively new technology for the cattle industry. Clic R Weight has been working with Dr. Nicolas DiLorenzo, UF/IFAS Cattle Nutrition Specialist, to refine technology that can utilize...
by Doug Mayo | Mar 31, 2023
This week’s featured video was published by the Florida Department of Agriculture to highlight one of the two Florida Ag Hall of Fame inductees. Don Quincey is a fifth generation Florida cattle rancher from Chiefland, Florida. His father owned Chiefland Farm...
by Doug Mayo | Mar 24, 2023
This week’s featured video was published by the Florida Department of Agriculture to highlight one of this year’s Florida Ag Hall of Fame inductees. Dr. John Woeste was the Dean of UF/IFAS Extension from 1976 to 1995. Much of the success of UF/IFAS...