Friday Feature:  1950s Farm Electrification Documentary

Friday Feature: 1950s Farm Electrification Documentary

2023 has been a hard year for farmers and ranchers in the Panhandle with heat, drought, high-priced inputs, and high interest rates.  As this growing season comes to an end, I thought it might help to go back in history to see what farm life was like in the early...
CWD Update from a Hunter’s Perspective

CWD Update from a Hunter’s Perspective

As hunters we are all concerned and want to understand what is going on with Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). With the cool in the air, hunting season is defiantly on everyone’s mind. With that there has been a lot of information that has come out recently to...
Friday Feature:  What it Takes to Farm Peanuts

Friday Feature: What it Takes to Farm Peanuts

October is peanut harvest season, but it is also the month of the Peanut Butter Challenge across Florida.  To celebrate the kickoff of the Peanut Butter Challenge, I thought it would be a great time to share this wonderful video published by Georgia Public...
How Can Producers Use the Female Cattle Market to Plan?

How Can Producers Use the Female Cattle Market to Plan?

Total beef cattle slaughter has declined by 3.5 percent since January, and is forecasted to decline by an additional 2.6 percent by the end of the year. According to the USDA September Livestock Slaughter Report, female slaughter is up from last month by 11.4 percent...
CalfDex: A Free Basic Record App for Cow-Calf Producers

CalfDex: A Free Basic Record App for Cow-Calf Producers

  Audrey Marchek, Ted Schroeder, Robert Larson, and Jake Hefley, Kansas State University In December 2022, the framework design for CalfDex, a newly available animal data recording tool, was completed. Developers of CalfDex are now in the process of finalizing...