Jackson County Farm Family Reaches Major Milestone

Jackson County Farm Family Reaches Major Milestone

by | May 7, 2021

Doug Mayo, UF/IFAS Extension Jackson County, and Justin Bryan, FDACS Office of Ag Water Policy   Williams & Sons Farms in Two Egg, Florida, was founded in the 1950s by Lucious Williams, who is the first of three generations of Jackson County farm families. ...
Friday Feature: Nitrate Leaching Research Summary

Friday Feature: Nitrate Leaching Research Summary

by | 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...
Integrating Perennial Peanut into Grazing Operations

Integrating Perennial Peanut into Grazing Operations

by | Mar 5, 2021

Jose Dubeux, Liza Garcia, David Jaramillo, Erick Santos, Flavia van Cleef, Luana Queiroz, Carlos Garcia, Daciele Abreu, Martin Ruiz-Moreno – Introduction Perennial warm-season grasses (e.g., bahiagrass, bermudagrass) are the backbone of livestock operations in...
Friday Feature: Livestock on the Land

Friday Feature: Livestock on the Land

by | Feb 19, 2021

This week’s featured video is actually the trailer for a documentary that was published by the Practical Farmers of Iowa.  Livestock on the Land is a concept not that different that the Sod-Based Rotation efforts that researchers at the University of Florida...
Friday Feature: Soil Health – Theory of Change

Friday Feature: Soil Health – Theory of Change

by | Feb 5, 2021

This week’s featured video was published by the Soil Health Institute to share the huge need to focus on improving the health and productivity of agricultural soils.  With an ever growing world population, and shrinking acreage of productive farmland, the only...