by Doug Mayo | Aug 6, 2021
Rainfall July was a very wet month in some areas, but drier than normal in others. It also got really hot at months end, breaking the streak of nine months below 95°. In the map to the left above you can see that much of the Panhandle received 8-9.5″ (blue),...
by Doug Mayo | Aug 6, 2021
This week’s featured video was produced by the Florida Department of Agriculture for the Florida Museum to be presented at the Florida Cattle Ranching: Five Centuries of Tradition exhibit that travel around the state back in 2011. Since we are celebrating the...
by Doug Mayo | Jul 30, 2021
Fall armyworms (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda are certainly not a new pest in this region, but there are some unique challenges to deal with in 2021. The adult moths migrate in from South Florida into this region each spring/summer and lay eggs in fertilized...
by Doug Mayo | Jul 30, 2021
Baxter Black is a veterinarian who became famous for his humorous cowboy poetry. He certainly has a unique way of viewing the humor in day to day activities of cattle ranches. This week’s featured video was published by NCBA’s Cattlemen to Cattlemen to...
by Doug Mayo | Jul 23, 2021
Florida has a rich agricultural history, but one of the historic facts that Florida cattlemen take great pride in is that cattle were introduced into what later became the United States through Florida in 1521. Juan Ponce de Leon was a Spanish conquistador who first...
