by Doug Mayo | Aug 3, 2018
Every livestock producer has daydreamed about automatic gates to make travel around ranches faster and easier. But, it is too expensive to provide power and hydraulic cylinders for each pasture gate. This week’s featured video was produced by the Wrangler...
by Doug Mayo | Jul 20, 2018
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced on Monday, July 16, 2018 that agricultural producers affected by hurricanes and wildfires in 2017 now may apply for assistance to help recover and rebuild their farming...
by Ann Blount | Jul 13, 2018
Ann Blount, Sunny Liao, Ko-Hsuan Chen, Marcello Wallau, Doug Mayo, Brittney Justesen and Clay Cooper Endophytes are naturally occurring organisms that often live in symbiosis internally in many of our forage species. Basically, endophytes are good for plants to...
by Andrea Albertin | Jul 13, 2018
Farmers and ranchers have implemented Best Management Practices (BMPs) that maintain or improve water quality, quantity and soil conditions on their lands for many years. Although BMPs are designed to be technically feasible and economically viable,...
by Doug Mayo | Jul 13, 2018
Last year at the Sunbelt Ag Expo in Moultrie, GA, several farmers shared with me that they saw an interesting innovation from John Deere, an attachment to round balers that allows more control of where bales are place in the hay field after baling. This week’s...
by Cheryl Mackowiak | Jun 22, 2018
Cheryl Mackowiak, UF/IFAS Soil Fertility/Water Quality Specialist), Ann Blount, UF/IFAS Forage Breeding Specialist With the hot, humid and rainy return of summer, livestock producers can expect forage leaf and root diseases outbreaks in pastures. Some of our most...
