by Doug Mayo | Mar 4, 2016
One of the areas of critical concern world-wide is how to meet the food demands for a growing world population while farmland acres continue to shrink. As you can see from the chart above, the U.S. Census Bureau is currently predicting that the world population will...
by Doug Mayo | Feb 5, 2016
Feral swine cost the Florida cattle industry at least $2 million a year in lost cattle production, according to a new study led by a University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researcher. In fact, researchers believe they may have underestimated...
by Doug Mayo | Jan 22, 2016
Sometimes it takes time to find a winning formula. That’s how it was with First Step+ 10, according to Joshua Gurtler, an Agricultural Research Service scientist at the Eastern Regional Research Center, in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania. Gurtler and his collaborators at...
by Doug Mayo | Jan 15, 2016
The Great Florida Cattle Drive of 2016 will run January 23rd through January 30th, 2016. Yes, it is going to happen once again and registration for the event is now underway. The event will begin at the historic Whaley ranch on Canoe Creek Road south of St Cloud and...
by Les Harrison | Oct 23, 2015
On Tuesday August 4, 2015, twelve Innovative Farmers and Ranchers were recognized by University of Florida IFAS Extension and Farm Credit of Northwest Florida at the Jefferson County Opera House, in Monticello. This is the fifth year these two organizations have...