Florida Soils are an Indispensable Natural Resource

Florida Soils are an Indispensable Natural Resource

Dr. Cheryl Mackowiak, UF/IFAS Soil Scientist, North Florida Research and Education Center – Quincy Soil is more than dirt. A healthy soil supports a healthy ecosystem and society. As Franklin Delano Roosevelt aptly stated, “A nation that destroys its soil,...
2024 Panhandle Ag e-News Reader’s Choice Awards

2024 Panhandle Ag e-News Reader’s Choice Awards

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 2024.  Keep sharing those emails, posts, and tweets to help us spread the word, so more farmers and ranchers...
Friday Feature:  U.S. Farming from 1865 to 1900

Friday Feature: U.S. Farming from 1865 to 1900

This week’s featured video is a 1968 16mm film that shares the history and challenges of farming in the U.S. from the end of the Civil War to the early 1900s.  Farmers in the late 1800s had some significant obstacles to overcome with almost no unified voice. ...
2024 Average Farmland Rental Rates and Worker Wages Summary

2024 Average Farmland Rental Rates and Worker Wages Summary

  Discussions about money can be awkward in almost every type of relationship, but even more so between landowners and farmers, or employers and workers.  As we prepare for 2025, many farmers and landowners have begun discussions about farmland lease agreements....
Florida Cattle Market Update:  A Recap of 2024

Florida Cattle Market Update: A Recap of 2024

Total receipts in Florida (cattle sold) for 2024 are 317,041 compared to 355,455 last year, a 10.8 percent difference (12/12/2024 Florida Weekly Auction Report). The fall-run of lower prices is behind us, as prices have started rising, as they typically do in November...
La Nina Impacts Still Expected in Latest Seasonal Outlook

La Nina Impacts Still Expected in Latest Seasonal Outlook

Pam Knox, Director of the UGA Weather Network and Agricultural Climatologist The latest seasonal outlooks for temperature, precipitation, and seasonal drought were issued December 19. They still show the likely impact of the La Nina that is expected to be declared any...