by Doug Mayo | Sep 18, 2015
Don Shurley, University of Georgia Cotton Economist Cotton growers continue to wait on anything that would push prices to the desired 70-cent level or better. To date, little marketing or price protection has taken place as producers seem willing to wait it out. This...
by Libbie Johnson | Sep 11, 2015
College football season has started, the weather is milder, and pretty soon, we will all smell cotton defoliant when driving past cotton fields. Throughout the Florida Panhandle, farmers are getting equipment ready for the harvest, and this is a good time to remind...
by Matthew Orwat | Sep 11, 2015
On Tuesday August 4, 2015, twelve Innovative Farmers and Ranchers were recognized by University of Florida IFAS Extension and Farm Credit of Northwest Florida at the Jefferson County Opera House, in Monticello. This is the fifth year these two organizations have...
by Les Harrison | Sep 11, 2015
On September 10, 2015 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its final rules for Current Good Manufacturing Practice and Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food. The enabling legislation was the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act...
by Doug Mayo | Aug 28, 2015
Don Shurley, University of Georgia Cotton Economist Here’s a scene from The Andy Griffith Show: AUNT BEE: Opie, you need to go next door and see Floyd about a haircut. OPIE: But Aunt Bee, those little hairs get down my neck and they itch like crazy. AUNT BEE: Well,...
by Shep Eubanks | Aug 28, 2015
On Tuesday August 4, 2015, twelve Innovative Farmers and Ranchers were recognized by University of Florida IFAS Extension and Farm Credit of Northwest Florida at the Jefferson County Opera House, in Monticello. This is the fifth year these two organizations have...
