by Doug Mayo | Aug 4, 2017
This week’s featured video was produced by Erin Freel to promote TKM Bengard Farms, Belle Glade. This video highlights the four generations of the Basor family that produces 15 different types of lettuce and other produce in the rich, fertile muck soils just...
by Chris Prevatt | Jul 28, 2017
The semi-annual U.S. Cattle Inventory Report was released on July 21, 2017 by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) after a one-year absence. This report continued to confirm that U.S. cattle herd expansion is still active. The report saw significant...
by Doug Mayo | Jul 28, 2017
Don Shurley Cotton Economist/Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Under the 2014 farm bill, cotton is not a “covered commodity” and not eligible for the ARC and PLC programs. Cotton’s “safety net” is STAX but STAX has not been as well utilized and accepted by...
by Doug Mayo | Jul 28, 2017
Fifth-generation Florida dairy farmer, Ed Henderson owns the 6,800 head Shenandoah Dairy Farm near Live Oak, Florida. He also loves to play jazz music with his trombone and stumbled across something very interesting; His Holstein heifers love his music too! This...
by Kalyn Waters | Jul 21, 2017
On Tuesday, July 18th, 2017, USDA announced confirmation of an atypical case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in an 11 year-old cow in Alabama. The case was detected at a livestock market in Alabama where the cow was showing clinical signs of the disease,...
by Doug Mayo | Jul 14, 2017
Don Shurley, Cotton Economist, UGA Emeritus Professor This week’s USDA crop production and supply and demand estimates for July did little to correct the direction in prices. The report was actually not bad, but prices continue to show no improvement. The following...
