by external | Apr 3, 2020
To help bring awareness to agriculture, Florida Farm Bureau is encouraging members to show how Florida farmers and ranchers are still planting and harvesting to bring Americans food during the COVID-19 pandemic through social media. Florida Farm Bureau members are...
by external | Mar 27, 2020
Samantha Murray, Public Relations Specialist, UF/IFAS Communications In the time of COVID-19, plants still get sick, and the soil that nourishes them needs care. The health of plants and soil is critical to agriculture, an industry designated an essential service in...
by Doug Mayo | Mar 27, 2020
This week’s featured videos were produced by a Jackson County Farmer, Jim McArthur, of McArthur Farms, near Malone, Florida. Jim has created a YouTube channel called “Funny Farm” to showcase the daily activities of their farm. He is striving to...
by Mark Mauldin | Mar 20, 2020
Just like with every other business that engages the public, COVID-19 is forcing Agents at UF/IFAS County Extension Offices to change the way they conduct business. In the interest of doing all we can to keep our clients, faculty, and staff as safe as possible,...
by Mark Mauldin | Mar 20, 2020
People contact their local Extension Office on a regular basis searching for business that offer the types of unique services that farm and landowners need. Whether it is a source to purchase hay or people who can custom bale hay, build fences, mow fields, or provide...
by Doug Mayo | Mar 20, 2020
Thursday of last week, Agriculture was identified by Homeland Security as one of the nation’s 16 essential industries. On Friday, March 20, USDA shared a press lease that included a video from Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture, that I wanted to make sure...
