Friday Feature:  U.S. Farming from 1865 to 1900

Friday Feature: U.S. Farming from 1865 to 1900

This week’s featured video is a 1968 16mm film that shares the history and challenges of farming in the U.S. from the end of the Civil War to the early 1900s.  Farmers in the late 1800s had some significant obstacles to overcome with almost no unified voice. ...
2024 Average Farmland Rental Rates and Worker Wages Summary

2024 Average Farmland Rental Rates and Worker Wages Summary

  Discussions about money can be awkward in almost every type of relationship, but even more so between landowners and farmers, or employers and workers.  As we prepare for 2025, many farmers and landowners have begun discussions about farmland lease agreements....
Friday Feature:  Carol of the Carillon Bells at UF

Friday Feature: Carol of the Carillon Bells at UF

This week’s featured video is a special holiday treat from the University of Florida.  You may have seen Century Tower on the main campus (built in 1953 to commemorate 100 years of UF), or at least seen pictures of the iconic landmark of the University of...
2024 Panhandle Peanut Butter Challenge Results

2024 Panhandle Peanut Butter Challenge Results

Forty of Florida’s 67 counties, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU), and the University of Florida’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) participated in the Peanut Butter Challenge in 2024.  In total, 30,831 jars​ (39,898...