by Doug Mayo | Nov 18, 2022
This week’s featured video is actually one I shared previously, but because it has such a great message for Farm-City Week, I wanted to highlight it again. The video was published by Land O’ Lakes to bring to life a poem written in the late 1800s by...
by Doug Mayo | Nov 4, 2022
This week’s featured video was published by Florida Farm Bureau to share the story of Lee Bigham, from Jackson County. Lee was recognized last week as the 2022 Young Farmer and Rancher Achievement in Agriculture Award, at the Florida Farm Bureau State...
by Marcelo Wallau | Oct 28, 2022
Lisa Baxter (UGA), Leanne Dillard (AU), Katie Payne (VT), Marcelo Wallau (UF), and Uttam Saha (UGA) The Southeastern Hay Contest (SEHC) proudly recognizes forage producers who grow and harvest high quality hay and baleage. Although we are all growing weary of...
by Doug Mayo | Oct 28, 2022
This week’s featured video was produced by Florida Farm Bureau to share the story of Jerry Dakin, Dakin Diary Farms who was selected as Florida’s entry to compete in the Sunbelt Ag Expo’s Swisher Sweet Farmer of the Year recognition. Dakin was one...
by Josh Freeman | Feb 11, 2022
Many people involved in agriculture in the Florida Panhandle knew Arnie Forrester. He grew cotton, peanuts, and cantaloupe on his farm in Jackson County, near Bascom. Arnie tragically lost his life in a vehicle accident on January 1, 2022. These are a few memories...
by Doug Mayo | Jan 14, 2022
The Panhandle Ag Extension Team would like to thank our email subscribers and social media followers for your interest and support of Panhandle Ag e-News in 2021. Keep sharing those emails, posts, and tweets to help us spread the word, so more farmer4s and ranchers...