by Kalyn Waters | Aug 9, 2024
It is very hot in the Florida Panhandle right now, but fall is coming. As fall creeps in, cattle producers will face the need to supplement their herds, so for most of us that means buying hay and other feeds, so let’s talk about the difference in dry matter...
by Doug Mayo | Jun 28, 2024
Profitable commodity crop or livestock production has become more challenging since the COVID19 Pandemic. Production costs have increased more significantly than market prices for most of the commodity options produced in the Panhandle. The following chart from...
by Hannah Baker | May 31, 2024
USDA releases the Crop Production report each month, and hay stocks (hay on farm) are included in the May and December reports. The May 2024 Crop Production report shows that hay stocks in the United States are up 46% year-over-year. However, hay stocks in May of 2023...
by Doug Mayo | Jan 12, 2024
This week’s featured video was published by John Deere to highlight new innovation for tractors with loader attachments. They have developed the technology to weigh round bales of hay, feed, or other products as you load the hay spear or bucket. According to...
by Doug Mayo | Jan 5, 2024
This week’s featured video comes from John Deere’s YouTube channel made especially for kids, called John Deere Kids. The tractor video I selected to highlight was one of the shorter ones, but the videos on this channel could be fun ways to share farming...
by Doug Mayo | Dec 15, 2023
This week’s featured video was published by Missouri Extension to highlight some research being done on the use of Sunn Hemp hay. Dr. Harley Naumann shares the story of sunn hemp planted in July and harvested in September at the Central Missouri Research,...
