Friday Feature:  Low-Stress Cattle Handling in Cowpens

Friday Feature: Low-Stress Cattle Handling in Cowpens

This week’s featured video was produced by Oklahoma State for their SUNUP TV program.  Low-stress cattle handling is one of the cornerstone concepts of Beef Quality Assurance (BQA).  Handling cattle calmly in small groups reduces bruising and injury of both...
Friday Feature:  The Farmer Poem for Farm-City Week

Friday Feature: The Farmer Poem for Farm-City Week

This week’s featured video is actually one I shared previously, but because it has such a great message for Farm-City Week, I wanted to highlight it again.  The video was published by Land O’ Lakes to bring to life a poem written in the late 1800s by...
Friday Feature:  What is Agronomy?

Friday Feature: What is Agronomy?

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...
Friday Feature:  Jerry Dakin – Florida Farmer of the Year

Friday Feature: Jerry Dakin – Florida Farmer of the Year

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...