by ifwpadmnwdistrict | Jun 30, 2017
Jack Payne, UF/IFAS Senior Vice President These past few weeks I have spent much time traveling around Florida attending the annual meetings of some of our important agricultural commodity groups, such as Citrus Mutual, the Florida Cattlemen’s Association and the...
by Nick Simmons | May 25, 2017
Producers from all aspects of beef production should set annual goals to make improvements to their operation. Often times, these goals relate to increased efficiency, productivity, improved genetics, increased weight gains or higher grading feeder calves at harvest....
by Doug Mayo | Apr 21, 2017
There are approximately two million farms in the U.S. There are also approximately 900,000 kids who live on farms, and more than half (51%) work on the farms where they live. Farms annually hire an additional 265,000 youth workers. Farms, however, are a dangerous...
by Doug Mayo | Mar 24, 2017
This weeks featured video provides an honest look at how cattle are handled at meat packing plants. Dr Temple Grandin, Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University, widely considered to be the world’s leading expert on humane animal handling,...
by Doug Mayo | Feb 10, 2017
This weeks featured video highlights American Farm Bureau’s President, Zippy Duval and his passion to share the story of agriculture. The video, called “Beyond the Fencerows: Agriculture in the Words of Zippy Duval” shares the mission of Farm...
by Judy Biss | Nov 11, 2016
I think we can all agree that political events in the United States over the last few weeks will be remembered in great detail in our history books. While much of the country remains divided along political party lines, we are at the same time, strongly united by our...
