by Doug Mayo | Feb 15, 2019
This week’s featured video showcases a unique gadget for tightening up stretched or sagging barbed wire fences. This could be especially helpful for those needing to quickly patch fences damaged after the recent hurricane. Nick Simmons, UF/IFAS Escambia County...
by Doug Mayo | Feb 8, 2019
Hemp production has suddenly regained momentum as an alternative crop. Hemp has been illegal to grow commercially because it is in the Cannabis sativa or marijuana family of plants. The difference is that industrial hemp contains less than 0.3% tetrahydrocannabinol...
by Doug Mayo | Feb 1, 2019
This week’s featured video was produced by the Wall Street Journal for their Moving Upstream video series to share story of a controversial research project taking place in Brazil to create heat-tolerant Angus through gene editing. Researchers identified the...
by Doug Mayo | Jan 25, 2019
This week’s featured video, called “Picking Peanuts” was produced by a Jackson County Farmer, Jim McArthur, McArthur Farms, Bascom, Florida. He actually shared this video through his YouTube channel and Facebook page in late September. Many of us...
by Doug Mayo | Jan 18, 2019
Source: Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Last week the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services received multiple reports related to acute deaths in cattle. These deaths are being investigated by both the Division of Agricultural...
