by Doug Mayo | Nov 10, 2022
Farm-City Week starts next Wednesday, so I wanted to share a good video to help people learn about agriculture. According to the Mariam-Webster Dictionary, “Agronomy is a branch of agriculture dealing with field-crop production and soil management.” In...
by Doug Mayo | Nov 4, 2022
This week’s featured video was published by Florida Farm Bureau to share the story of Lee Bigham, from Jackson County. Lee was recognized last week as the 2022 Young Farmer and Rancher Achievement in Agriculture Award, at the Florida Farm Bureau State...
by Doug Mayo | Oct 28, 2022
This week’s featured video was produced by Florida Farm Bureau to share the story of Jerry Dakin, Dakin Diary Farms who was selected as Florida’s entry to compete in the Sunbelt Ag Expo’s Swisher Sweet Farmer of the Year recognition. Dakin was one...
by Doug Mayo | Oct 14, 2022
This week’s video was produced by Jim MacArthur, McArthur Farms, Malone, Florida, for his Field Rows YouTube Channel. This video shows the farm crew in action during the height of the 2022 peanut harvest season. With his video camera and drone, Jim shows all...
by Doug Mayo | Oct 7, 2022
The calendar has turned to October, so it is time for the annual UF/IFAS Peanut Butter Challenge. Extension Offices all across Florida will be accepting donations of peanut butter to supply local food banks in each county. Peanut farming is very common in the...
by Doug Mayo | Sep 30, 2022
This week’s featured video was produced by the University of Texas at Tyler’s South West Ag Center to address a serious issue, the mental health of farmers. In this video, Grant Heinrich, a Lubbock farmer and crop duster, shares his experience with mental...
