by Kalyn Waters | Apr 9, 2021
There was a lot of good that came out of the early 1950’s. To name a few: super glue was invented, I Love Lucy premiered on CBS, Alaska and Hawaii became U.S. States, and growth promoting implants were developed for cattle. While super glue is very handy, and we all...
by Doug Mayo | Apr 9, 2021
This week’s featured video highlights the work of a member of the Panhandle Ag Extension Team. Cheryl Mackowiak, UF/IFAS Forage Soil Scientist, and her research team have been evaluating different methods that can be used to minimize nitrate leaching from crop...
by Daniel J. Leonard | Mar 26, 2021
Perennial peanut production is on the rise throughout the Panhandle. In Calhoun County alone, we’ve ascended from a small specialty industry, with a farm here and there growing the legume, to around 1,000 acres in production. This increase in acreage is due to...
by wickens carissa | Mar 19, 2021
Carissa Wickens, University of Florida, and Camie Heleski, University of Kentucky – Introduction Stereotypic behaviors are defined as repetitive, relatively unvarying patterns of behavior with no obvious goal or function. A horse that displays stereotypic...
by Chris Prevatt | Mar 12, 2021
The climate for marketing feeder calves over the last decade has been nothing short of breath taking. The amount of economic information that is available and must be taken into account on a daily basis can be simply overwhelming. I think it is safe to say that when...