by Mark Mauldin | Dec 12, 2014
Deer hunting season has begun in Northwest Florida. As hunters venture into the woods and sit for hours on end they have plenty – sometimes too much – time to contemplate what they could have done, or should do to make their hunting experiences better. These plans for...
by Mark Mauldin | Oct 24, 2014
On Thursday August 21, 2014, twelve Innovative Farmers and Ranchers were recognized by University of Florida IFAS Extension and Farm Credit of Northwest Florida at the Jefferson County Opera House, in Monticello. This is the fourth year these two organizations have...
by Mark Mauldin | Sep 26, 2014
A cold, wet spring got lots of area peanuts off to a late and slow start. When it warmed up and things really got rolling, the rain quit, or at least became very spotty, especially in the Central and Eastern Panhandle. In some cases the timing and amount of rainfall...
by Mark Mauldin | Jul 25, 2014
It’s mid-summer, rain fall has been adequate, and hay barns are starting to fill up across the Panhandle. Recently, I had the opportunity to visit several Bermudagrass hayfields that were not producing up to their potential for both yield and quality. A common trend...
by Mark Mauldin | Jun 27, 2014
You may have noticed vaseygrass, with its conspicuously tall seed heads, in pastures and hayfields where you have not noticed it before. Most of the factors explaining the increased occurrence of vaseygrass this summer relate to the relatively wet conditions we’ve...
