Friday Feature:  Shenandoah Dairy Video Farm Tour

Friday Feature: Shenandoah Dairy Video Farm Tour

This week’s featured video was produced by Florida Dairy Farmers.  The Florida Association of County Agricultural Agents (FACAA) toured Shenandoah Dairy, as part of their Mid-Year Meeting this week.  I was fortunate enough to see this amazing farming operation...
Three Decades of Consolidation in U.S. Agriculture

Three Decades of Consolidation in U.S. Agriculture

A report summary from the USDA Economic Research Service, James M. MacDonald, Robert A. Hoppe, and Doris Newton What Is the Issue? Farm production has been shifting to larger farms for many years—one element of broad-based changes in farm structure. However, the U.S....
Cotton Marketing News:  Pulling the Trigger on the 2018 Crop

Cotton Marketing News: Pulling the Trigger on the 2018 Crop

When deer hunting, I am often guilty of waiting and waiting and waiting on something better—often even turning down the opportunity to take a doe, in hopes that something bigger comes along.  I too often end up waiting too long and all the deer just disappear and I...
Friday Feature:  Celebrating 100 Years of John Deere Tractors

Friday Feature: Celebrating 100 Years of John Deere Tractors

This week’s featured video was produced by John Deere to celebrate their century of farm equipment manufacturing.  On March 14, 1918, John Deere purchased the Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company that manufactured the Waterloo Boy Tractor.  This video highlights a...