Friday Funny Feature:  The Beef Drool Log

Friday Funny Feature: The Beef Drool Log

For the past three years we have shared YouTube videos on a wide range of farming and agricultural topics.  I thought it would be fun to close out 2019 with a clever spoof of the yule log fireplace videos people play around Christmas on their TVs.  The Drool Log is a...
Season’s Greetings

Season’s Greetings

The County Extension Agents, and State Extension Specialists that make up the UF/IFAS Panhandle Ag Extension Team hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season.  We look forward to helping all of the farmers and ranchers to make 2020 a great year for agriculture in the...
Friday Feature:  North Carolina Hemp for CBD Oil

Friday Feature: North Carolina Hemp for CBD Oil

This week’s featured video was published as a segment on PBS News Hour to show how tobacco farmers in North Carolina are experimenting with growing hemp flowers for CBD oil.  This video raises some key concerns about this new industry.  With legalization in...
October 2019 Weather Summary and 2020 Outlook

October 2019 Weather Summary and 2020 Outlook

Rainfall Like the rest of 2019, October was not a typical month.  In contrast to the previous months, October was wetter than normal.  Historically, October is the driest month of the year, but not in 2019.  October rainfall  ranged from 3-8″ across the...
Cotton Marketing News:  Cotton Slipping but Should Find Support

Cotton Marketing News: Cotton Slipping but Should Find Support

Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Market math can sometimes be confusing.  Case in point—December futures have lost 2.37 cents this week.  I read a story today lamenting the decline.  December closed today at just under 62 cents (61.84). Well,...