Friday Feature:  Soil Health – Theory of Change

Friday Feature: Soil Health – Theory of Change

This week’s featured video was published by the Soil Health Institute to share the huge need to focus on improving the health and productivity of agricultural soils.  With an ever growing world population, and shrinking acreage of productive farmland, the only...
Progress of Carinata Research in the Panhandle

Progress of Carinata Research in the Panhandle

– Ramdeo Seepaul, Ian Small, Sheeja George, David Wright, North Florida Research and Education Center, and Michael Mulvaney, West Florida Research and Education Center Carinata is grown primarily as a sustainable source of non-edible oils, which can be refined...
Making Wheat and Peanuts Less Allergenic

Making Wheat and Peanuts Less Allergenic

Source:  Adityarup “Rup” Chakravorty, Crop Science Society of America – Science News The United States Department of Agriculture identifies a group of “big eight” foods that causes 90% of food allergies. Among these foods are wheat and peanuts. ...
2020 Average Farm Land Rental Rates and Farm Worker Wages

2020 Average Farm Land Rental Rates and Farm Worker Wages

– Some of the most challenging conversations, in almost any relationship, are the ones about money.  This is certainly true as farmers and landowners negotiate lease agreements, or managers and workers negotiate wages for the year ahead. As with all statistics,...