2025 Emerging Farmers Symposium – September 4

2025 Emerging Farmers Symposium – September 4

The 2025 Emerging Farmers Symposium will take place on Thursday, September 4, 2025, at the Florida A&M University Research and Educational Center, located at 4259 Bainbridge Highway in Quincy, Florida, from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM EDT. This event is designed to support...
Friday Funny Feature:  Not Until the Tractor’s Paid Off

Friday Funny Feature: Not Until the Tractor’s Paid Off

This week’s humorous video was published by Eddie’s Got Funny Jokes.  Cash flow can be a real challenge for farm families, especially for big ticket items kids desire.  Listen to Eddie tell this classic joke about how a farm wife deals with money issues...
Choosing the Right Sales Model for Your Small Farm

Choosing the Right Sales Model for Your Small Farm

  Choosing where to sell your farm products can feel a little like planting a fruit tree – it takes effort to get established, not everything will thrive in your soil, and ideally, it’s something you’ll be glad you planted years down the road.  In the Florida...
July 2025 Florida Cattle Market Update

July 2025 Florida Cattle Market Update

Mid-Year Review: Inventory, Cattle on Feed, & Expansion Efforts  On July 25th, USDA released the July Cattle Inventory Report. This report provides insight into herd numbers and expansion efforts, specifically heifer retention. USDA did not  release this report...
Expected Beef Yield from Fed Cattle

Expected Beef Yield from Fed Cattle

Mark Z. Johnson, Oklahoma State University Extension Beef Cattle Breeding Specialist Cattle producers who finish their own calves or consumers who purchase a finished steer often face the question,  “How much beef they will take home after the harvest and...
2025 Florida NRCS Program Application Deadline – October 3

2025 Florida NRCS Program Application Deadline – October 3

  The deadline for Florida NRCS (Natural Resources Conservation Service) applications, specifically for Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), is October 3, 2025, for the Fiscal Year 2026 funding cycle. While...