by Doug Mayo | May 7, 2021
There is a tropical fruit that can be grown in Florida called miracle fruit or miracle berry, that has a very interesting benefit for cancer patients undergoing chemo treatment. This tropical berry from West Africa can make sour things temporarily taste sweet, but...
by Doug Mayo | Apr 30, 2021
This week’s featured video is not crop production related but highlights one of the popular and unique products made from field corn. How do they make Cheetos Puffs or Crunchy Cheetos? These snacks are primarily made from corn meal and flavored seasonings. A...
by Doug Mayo | Apr 23, 2021
This week’s featured video was produced by the Panhandle Ag Extension Team on their YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/PanhandleAgExtension. In this video Pratap Devkota, UF/IFAS Extension Weed Scientist, West Florida Research and Education Center,...
by Doug Mayo | Apr 16, 2021
This week’s featured video was a historic Encyclopedia Britannica short film stored on the Charlie Dean Archives YouTube channel. The 13-minute film shares a year in the life of a Kansas farm family in 1956. They faced a number of challenges each year, but...
by Doug Mayo | Apr 9, 2021
This week’s featured video highlights the work of a member of the Panhandle Ag Extension Team. Cheryl Mackowiak, UF/IFAS Forage Soil Scientist, and her research team have been evaluating different methods that can be used to minimize nitrate leaching from crop...
by Doug Mayo | Mar 26, 2021
This week’s featured video was published by FarmWise to promote their autonomous machines that cruise organic vegetable fields in California and Arizona to remove weeds soon after emergence. The machines utilize artificial intelligence (AI) to navigate farm...
