Friday Feature: Lactation Station Dairy Tour

by Doug Mayo | Oct 9, 2020

This week’s featured video was produced by Coleen Larson and Lauren Butler, UF/IFAS Okeechobee County Extension, to provide a virtual tour of Larson Dairy, in Okeechobee, Florida.  The video was created for 4-H and FFA youth as part of the annual Ona Youth Field...

Economists Estimate $55-100M Hit to Florida Agriculture Due to Hurricane Sally

by admin | Sep 25, 2020

Kirsten Romaguera, Public Relations Specialist, UF/IFAS Communications   The combination of crops, livestock and aquaculture products lost as a result of Hurricane Sally will likely be valued between $55 million and $100 million, University of Florida economists...

CFAP2 to Provide Additional Assistance to Farmers and Ranchers Impacted by the COVID19 Pandemic – Application Deadline December 11

by admin | Sep 25, 2020

  President Donald J. Trump and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced, on September 18, 2020, an additional $14 billion for agricultural producers who continue to face market disruptions and associated costs because of COVID-19. Sign-up for the...

Friday Feature: The Farmer Must Feed Us All

by Doug Mayo | Sep 25, 2020

The last two weeks have been very challenging for farmers and ranchers in the Panhandle, after Hurricane Sally dumped feet of rain on farm fields and pastures from Escambia to Gadsden Counties.  Many may be wondering why they take this risk every year to earn a...

Cotton Marketing News: Hurricane Sally Apparently Not a Market Mover

by admin | Sep 18, 2020

Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics – I knew we were possibly in for disappointment price-wise when I read a pre-landfall news headline that said that the market was “mulling” Hurricane Sally.  In other words, not sure of what the impacts, if...

With Precautions in Place, Farms Are Open for the 13th Annual Farm Tour – October 10-11

by Molly Jameson | Sep 18, 2020

  Although the pandemic has changed many aspects of our daily lives, we still need to eat. Therefore, more than ever, we must value our local food systems and the diversity of crops and other products our farmers and ranchers continue to grow and produce. To showcase...