by Doug Mayo | Jan 17, 2025
Jimmy Carter was born October 1, 1924, and was raised just outside of Plains, Georgia on a peanut farm. Carter died at the age of 100 on December 29, 2024. Carter served as the 39th President from 1977-1981. To pay tribute to Jimmy Carter’s life, the Georgia...
by Cheryl Mackowiak | Jan 10, 2025
Dr. Cheryl Mackowiak, UF/IFAS Soil Scientist, North Florida Research and Education Center – Quincy Soil is more than dirt. A healthy soil supports a healthy ecosystem and society. As Franklin Delano Roosevelt aptly stated, “A nation that destroys its soil,...
by Marcelo Wallau | Jan 10, 2025
By: Olivia Maule, Ashley Kanobroski, and Marcelo Wallau The integration of crops and livestock was how agriculture evolved: crops providing grain and fodder, animals providing nutrient cycling and meat. With the advent of modern agriculture and greater access to...
by external | Jan 10, 2025
Farmers are invited to join the Georgia Conservation Tillage Alliance for their 2025 Annual Meeting, that will be held in the East/West Conference Room, at the Georgia Museum of Agriculture (1392 Whiddon Mill Road), in Tifton, Georgia. The meeting will focus...
by Doug Mayo | Dec 20, 2024
Discussions about money can be awkward in almost every type of relationship, but even more so between landowners and farmers, or employers and workers. As we prepare for 2025, many farmers and landowners have begun discussions about farmland lease agreements....
by external | Dec 20, 2024
Don Shurley, UGA Emeritus Cotton Economist Cotton prices continue to struggle. Every attempt to gain some ground is met with headwind or negative news/forces leading prices to retreat. There are two “fences” in this market—one at 72 to 73 cents (the front fence) and...
