by Mark Mauldin | Jan 31, 2020
In the past few weeks I’ve been to couple of bull sales and visited with numerous buyers. These interactions have reminded me that there is still a great deal of uncertainty among perspective buyers about how to effectively use expected progeny differnces (EPDs), and...
by Mark Mauldin | Nov 1, 2019
Deer hunting season here in Northwest Florida officially got started this past Saturday (10/26) with the opening of archery and crossbow season; muzzleloading and general gun season will both open later this month. If you are fortunate enough to find success...
by Mark Mauldin | Oct 25, 2019
First things first, I’m not writing this to scold anybody… I’m just concerned. I wrote an article for the Small Producer’s Corner section of the September issue of The Florida Cattleman and Livestock Journal (it’s a great publication,join FCA today, a subscription is...
by Mark Mauldin | Jul 29, 2019
As we close in on August, the unrelenting heat and humidity impacts everything we do on and off the farm. We know how serious the heat can affect us, and we make the necessary efforts to deal with it. It is also important that we make the necessary efforts to ensure...
by Mark Mauldin | May 17, 2019
Recently, I received a call about a strange phenomenon in a Washington County corn field. Some type of pest was cutting off corn stalks, so my first thought were cutworms. But, when I found out the cut off stalks were V8 stage corn, that was almost head high, I got...