by Doug Mayo | Jun 30, 2023
This week’s featured video was produced by the Florida Department of Agriculture’s Office of Ag Water Policy to answer a basic question, “How to Enroll in the Ag BMP Program?” The video outlines the three basic steps of enrollment into Florida...
by Andrea Albertin | Jun 16, 2023
Andrea Albertin, UF/IFAS Water Regional Extension Agent, and Doug Mayo, UF/IFAS Jackson County Craig Bishop, Jackson County, is a row crop farmer who grows, peanuts, corn, cotton, and soybeans. Steve “Beaver” Yoder, Calhoun County, is a cattle rancher who...
by Robbie Jones | May 26, 2023
By now you may have heard the term “solar grazing” or “agrivoltaics”, but may not understand what the terms mean. Solar grazing and agrivoltaics are both terms used to describe a new trend for small ruminants that is making its way around the county. Simply...
by Kacey Aukema | May 19, 2023
Perennial warm-season pasture grasses make up the base for cattle production throughout the Southeast. Through their productivity, these forages support a wide swathe of agricultural industry. We can observe their production in the number of rolls of hay coming off a...
by Doug Mayo | May 19, 2023
This week’s featured video was published by Farm Innovations to share the story of the Guardian SC1, which is an autonomous drone for crop spraying. The Guardian SC1 is a large, 12′ x 12′ fully electric drone that uses GPS guidance to spray with a...
by external | May 5, 2023
Source: Sunbelt Ag Expo We are excited to welcome back the Southeastern Hay Contest to the Sunbelt Ag Expo this fall. Since 2004, the Southeastern Hay Contest has kept hay growers striving to be the best. One of the largest attendee groups at Expo is made up of those...
