Friday Feature:  Jerry Dakin – Florida Farmer of the Year

Friday Feature: Jerry Dakin – Florida Farmer of the Year

This week’s featured video was produced by Florida Farm Bureau to share the story of Jerry Dakin, Dakin Diary Farms who was selected as Florida’s entry to compete in the Sunbelt Ag Expo’s Swisher Sweet Farmer of the Year recognition.  Dakin was one...
Friday Feature:  McArthur Farms’ 2022 Peanut Harvest

Friday Feature: McArthur Farms’ 2022 Peanut Harvest

This week’s video was produced by Jim MacArthur, McArthur Farms, Malone, Florida, for his Field Rows YouTube Channel.  This video shows the farm crew in action during the height of the 2022 peanut harvest season.  With his video camera and drone, Jim shows all...
Benefits of a Forestry Consultant

Benefits of a Forestry Consultant

  Stephen Greer, County Extension Director, UF/IFAS Extension Santa Rosa   Forest landowners can use the services of a professional consulting forester in several ways.  The use of a consulting forester can be justified by the timber stand’s...
Florida Farm Bureau Establishes Hurricane Ian Relief Fund

Florida Farm Bureau Establishes Hurricane Ian Relief Fund

Florida Farm Bureau has created a hurricane relief fund that will assist Florida farmers and ranchers affected by Hurricane Ian.  The Hurricane Ian Relief Fund for Agriculture will provide support for farm families statewide who have experienced a Hurricane...
Cotton Marketing News – Market Back to Double Digits

Cotton Marketing News – Market Back to Double Digits

Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics   The market continues to find ways to surprise and shock and sometimes make us happy and sometimes disappoint.  If it can, the market has a way of proving all analysts wrong at some point. After trading...