by Doug Mayo | Oct 7, 2016
Screwworms were eradicated from the Southeast back in 1959. This week USDA’s Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the presence of New World Screwworms Cochliomyia hominivorax in three deer in the Florida Keys. At this point, APHIS believes...
by Doug Mayo | Oct 7, 2016
Chris Prevatt, UF/IFAS Regional Livestock Economics Agent The August 2017 Feeder Cattle futures contract decreased by $10.38/cwt. during September. Based on this futures price decrease, August Feeder Cattle revenues decreased by approximately $77.85/hd. ($10.38/cwt. *...
by Les Harrison | Oct 7, 2016
Farming enterprises in the 21st century require many costly inputs to even have a chance of competing successfully. Equipment such as tractors, truck and harvest machinery are necessary, but a major long term expense. Thorough and regular maintenance is required to...
by Kalyn Waters | Sep 23, 2016
According the 2007-2008 USDA Reference of Beef Cow-calf Management Practices in the United States, approximately two-thirds of cattle operations (60.7%) used an auction market as the primary method of sale for weaned steers & bulls. These auction markets are a...
by Judy Biss | Sep 23, 2016
Judy Biss, UF/IFAS Extension Calhoun County Office, Jace Ford, Calhoun County Mosquito Control, Jeff Pippin, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Apiary Inspection By now you have probably heard about Zika Virus that is transmitted by mosquitoes. ...
by Doug Mayo | Sep 16, 2016
I’m not 100% sure what the cotton market expected to see in this week’s USDA monthly estimates. As if anyone ever knows. Whatever the market was expecting, it didn’t get it; prices reacted accordingly—down. In the short term, markets and price direction are driven...
