by Doug Mayo | Aug 5, 2016
Interstate Movement of Cattle The National Institute of Animal Agriculture (NIAA) and the United States Animal Health Association (USAHA) have partnered together to create a website, InterstateLivestock.com, which provides current rules and regulations for anyone...
by Mark Mauldin | Jul 29, 2016
Last summer the Center for Disease Control (CDC) reported 181 people from 40 states got Salmonella infections from contact with their poultry. This year, through the end of June 2016, 611 people from 45 states have gotten sick from Salmonella infections related to...
by Matt Lollar | Jul 22, 2016
Insects, like humans, do not like exerting more effort than is necessary. They are also picky eaters. When an insect lands on a plant that it cannot eat or doesn’t prefer to eat, then it must exert more time and effort to search for a more palatable host plant....
by Doug Mayo | Jul 15, 2016
The calendar says July; but for the cotton grower it’s Christmas. This week’s USDA monthly supply and demand numbers were an unexpected gift. The market reacted positively and let’s hope prices can sustain the new-found optimism. Even if prices...
by Doug Mayo | Jul 1, 2016
For the entire month of June, cotton prices (Dec16 futures) have been “range-bound” mostly between 64 and 66 cents. In light of today’s planted acreage report, it would have to be considered good news if prices can remain at or above 64 cents. Prices (Dec16 futures)...
by Doug Mayo | Jul 1, 2016
While almost half of Floridians acknowledge buying genetically modified foods, a recent survey by the Center for Public Issues Education in Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Florida reveals that most people want to know much more about those...
