How Many Replacement Heifers Should You Keep at Weaning?
Glenn Selk, Oklahoma State University Emeritus Extension Animal Scientist Each year commercial cow/calf operations must decide how many replacement heifers are grown out to be put in the breeding pasture. Individual ranches must make the decisions about heifer...
Cow-calf Profitability Better than Expected in 2017
Source: Livestock marketing Information Center Cattle prices during the fourth quarter of 2017 were significantly stronger than expected. Higher prices caused 2017's calculated cow-calf return over cash costs plus pasture rent to be revised up. In fact, earlier in...
Farm Bureau Survey Reveals Lowest Thanksgiving Dinner Cost in Five Years
Source: American Farm Bureau American Farm Bureau Federation’s 32nd annual price survey of classic items found on the Thanksgiving Day dinner table indicates the average cost of this year’s feast for 10 is $49.12, a 75-cent decrease from last year’s average of...
Friday Feature: Protecting Hay Quality at Harvest Part 2
In early October we shared the first two videos in the “A Cut Above the Rest” video series produced by Massey Ferguson, that features Dennis Hancock, UGA Forage Specialist. This week we share the third and fourth videos in this series that provides helpful tips for...
Now is the Time to Soil Test Crop Fields
Your peanut fields are harvested and you’re probably waiting for those last few bolls to bust open to finish cotton harvest. After that, it’s time to soil test! Fertilizer expenses are 46% of your total operational costs in corn in the South. That number is 24% for...
Update – What to Know About the New Temporary Ag Worker Bill?
The new Temporary Agricultural Workers Visa Program (H-2C bill) passed the United States House Judiciary Committee review last Wednesday. H-2C is described in the Ag Worker Act (HR-4092). H-2C is a proposed update to the current H-2A program. Hopefully the new program...
Weed of the Week: Bracken Fern
Bracken Fern is a common perennial fern that is found across the United States. Its ability to grow well is both dry and moist soils, as well as along tree lines, in wooded areas, and around buildings, make it a well-adapted species. While all parts of the fern are...
Cindale Dairy Receives Agricultural Environmental Leadership Award
Source: Florida Department of Agriculture Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam announced on November 1, 2017 the recipients of the Commissioner's Agricultural-Environmental Leadership Award, which recognizes the environmentally innovative farming...
Friday Feature: Variable Rate Feeding & a Cow Joke
This week's featured video was produced by Growing America's Chad Etheridge, who came over to Marianna last week to make a video about something I have a real passion about. This year farmers and ranchers were forced to harvest over-mature, low quality hay because...
Winter Pastures Looking Yellow? It Could be a Sulfur Deficiency
Cheryl Mackowiak, UF/IFAS NFREC Soils Specialist As producers near the end of cover crop and cool-season forage planting in the Southeastern U.S., it is time to focus on fertilization. Depending upon your state, extension professionals have establish guidelines for...