Friday Feature:  Growing Plants in Soil from the Moon

Friday Feature: Growing Plants in Soil from the Moon

Researchers at the University of Florida (UF/IFAS) have successfully grown plants in lunar soil extracted from three NASA missions to the Moon.  Rob Feral and Anna Lisa Paul, UF/IFAS Horticulture Department, were the first scientist to show that plants can be grown in...
Friday Feature:  Aero Recon Ultralight Aircraft for Farmers

Friday Feature: Aero Recon Ultralight Aircraft for Farmers

This week’s featured video was produced by Farm Progress Daily for use in a recent article in SE Farm Press to highlight a prototype ultralight aircraft that is being debuted at the 2022 Farm Progress Show, in Boone Iowa next week.  The Ryse Aero Recon is an...
Friday Feature:  Great Florida Cattle Drive 2016

Friday Feature: Great Florida Cattle Drive 2016

This week’s featured video was published by the Associated Press to share highlights from the 2016 Great Florida Cattle Drive, which was the third such ride held to commemorate the history of cattle production in Florida.  The Florida Cow Culture Preservation...
Friday Feature:  The Weed Zapper Annihilator

Friday Feature: The Weed Zapper Annihilator

This week’s featured video highlights a relatively new technology being studied for weed control in late season crop weed escapes.  The Weed Zapper Annihilator uses a front mounted 3-point hitch bar to pass electricity through weeds above the crop canopy, with a...
Friday Feature:  Hay Bale Swimming Pool

Friday Feature: Hay Bale Swimming Pool

Students in Staffordshire, England figured out a way to beat the heat wave in Europe this summer.  They built a swimming pool using big square hay bales, silage wrap plastic, and then lined the square hole with a tarp so it would hold water.  It is amazing what farm...