Friday Feature:  Livestock on the Land

Friday Feature: Livestock on the Land

This week’s featured video is actually the trailer for a documentary that was published by the Practical Farmers of Iowa.  Livestock on the Land is a concept not that different that the Sod-Based Rotation efforts that researchers at the University of Florida...
Friday Feature:  Drilling vs Broadcasting Forage Seed

Friday Feature: Drilling vs Broadcasting Forage Seed

This week’s featured video was published by Dr. Lisa Baxter, UGA Forage Extension Specialist, on the UGA Forages YouTube Channel.  In the video, Dr. Baxter talks about the economic value of using a grain drill versus a cone-type broadcast seeder.  Seed costs can...
“Plug and Play” Peanut Varieties?

“Plug and Play” Peanut Varieties?

– Dr. Barry Tillman, UF/IFAS Peanut Breeder, North Florida Research and Education Center, Marianna In this technological age, we’ve all grown accustomed to the ability to simply plug in a new device and see it work.  Mostly gone are the old days, when we...
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...
Friday Feature:  All Electric Utility Tractors

Friday Feature: All Electric Utility Tractors

This week’s featured video shares the story of the development of the Solectrac all-electric utility tractor by Steve Heckeroth, Founder and CEO.  The company is still in the early production and development stage of tractors.  The Solectrac 40-horse utility...
Friday Feature:  Thank You to Health Care Workers Cowboy Style

Friday Feature: Thank You to Health Care Workers Cowboy Style

Nebraska Rancher David Shuler has a holiday tradition of sharing cattle art with a feed wagon, his cattle herd, and a drone video camera.  For 2020, he wanted to say thank you to the first responders and health care workers who have worked so hard this year during the...