by Doug Mayo | Mar 27, 2020
This week’s featured videos were produced by a Jackson County Farmer, Jim McArthur, of McArthur Farms, near Malone, Florida. Jim has created a YouTube channel called “Funny Farm” to showcase the daily activities of their farm. He is striving to...
by Doug Mayo | Mar 20, 2020
Thursday of last week, Agriculture was identified by Homeland Security as one of the nation’s 16 essential industries. On Friday, March 20, USDA shared a press lease that included a video from Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture, that I wanted to make sure...
by Doug Mayo | Mar 13, 2020
This week’s featured video comes from the National Archives of a video produced by USDA’s Bureau of Nutrition and Home Economics to showcase a set of plans that were developed in 1949 for a U-shaped, Step Saving Kitchen design for farmhouses. After...
by Doug Mayo | Mar 6, 2020
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) recognized Blackbeard’s Ranch in Myakka, Florida, as the winner of the 2019 Environmental Stewardship Award Program (ESAP). The award was presented at the 2020 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show in San...
by Doug Mayo | Feb 21, 2020
– I have received a number of calls recently with questions about pasture planting. There are a number of reasons to plant or re-plant pastures, whether you are converting crop or timber land to pasture, renovating a field that had been overtaken by weeds, or...
