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![Friday Feature: Wade Purvis – 2023 Florida Farmer of the Year](https://nwdistrict.ifas.ufl.edu/phag/files/2023/11/Wade-Purvis-featured-image-1080x655.png)
Friday Feature: Wade Purvis – 2023 Florida Farmer of the Year
This week's featured video was published by Florida Farm Bureau to share the story of Wade Purvis, the 2023 Florida Farmer of the Year. Purvis is a vegetable farmer from Immokalee, Florida that grows edamame (soybeans for human consumption), green beans, lima beans,...
![Management Strategies to Prevent Seasonal Impaction Colic in Horses](https://nwdistrict.ifas.ufl.edu/phag/files/2023/10/TenBroeck-horses-eating-round-bale-of-hay-1080x675.jpg)
Management Strategies to Prevent Seasonal Impaction Colic in Horses
Saundra TenBroeck, UF/IFAS State Extension Horse Specialist, Department of Animal Sciences Heading into winter months, cold weather can lead to a higher incidence of impaction colic. Understanding the challenges that come with the changing of seasons allows us to...
![Tools to Aid Freeze & Cold Protection in Florida Citrus](https://nwdistrict.ifas.ufl.edu/phag/files/2023/10/citrus-freeze-1080x675.jpg)
Tools to Aid Freeze & Cold Protection in Florida Citrus
Because of the extended hard freeze event in December of 2022, citrus farmers in the Panhandle will have a greatly reduced citrus harvest this year. It is very hard to prepare in advance for stressful weather like freezing temperatures, but if you equip yourself with...
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Culling: The Key to Genetic Progress
Whether we are watching a NCBA Cattlemen to Cattlemen episode covering a successful commercial operation or reading about a well-established, multigenerational seedstock operation, one management practice seems to be a common thread for success…”culling”...
![The 2023 Fall Season will Involve Feeding Hay but will not Involve Beef Herd Expansion](https://nwdistrict.ifas.ufl.edu/phag/files/2023/09/Baker-FL-Cattle-Market-Update-e1698436231874.png)
The 2023 Fall Season will Involve Feeding Hay but will not Involve Beef Herd Expansion
October 2023 Cattle Market There was a hint of speculation that producers may have started rebuilding this fall, but after looking at the quarterly USDA Cattle on Feed report, there is no indication of expansion happening in 2023. During the last expansion in...
![Dr. Saundra TenBroeck Named 2023 Woman of the Year in Agriculture](https://nwdistrict.ifas.ufl.edu/phag/files/2023/10/Saundra-TenBroek-mug-shot.jpg)
Dr. Saundra TenBroeck Named 2023 Woman of the Year in Agriculture
On October 19th, Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) announced Dr. Saundra TenBroeck as the 2023 Woman of the Year in Agriculture. “I am honored to announce Dr. Saundra TenBroeck as...
![Four Florida Farms Won Recognition through the 2023 Southeast Hay Contest](https://nwdistrict.ifas.ufl.edu/phag/files/2023/10/SE-Hay-Contest-logo.png)
Four Florida Farms Won Recognition through the 2023 Southeast Hay Contest
Leanne Dillard (AU), Katie Payne (VT), Lisa Baxter (UGA), Uttam Saha (UGA), and Doug Mayo (UF) The 19th year of the Southeastern Hay Contest featured 468 entries from eight states in the region. The contest featured nine different categories of forages in 2023. Four...
![Cotton Marketing News: The Tug-of-War Between Lower Supply and Uncertainty in Demand](https://nwdistrict.ifas.ufl.edu/phag/files/2023/10/Shurley-10-17-223-Cotton-Futures-Price-chart.png)
Cotton Marketing News: The Tug-of-War Between Lower Supply and Uncertainty in Demand
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Prices (December futures) have taken a tumble in the past two weeks. The attempts at 89 to 90 cents have been met with pressures to move lower. Not all hope is lost, but for the grower, depending on how much...
![Gadsden Tomato Forum – December 7](https://nwdistrict.ifas.ufl.edu/phag/files/2023/10/DSC_0219-1080x675.jpg)
Gadsden Tomato Forum – December 7
Tomato growers from across the Florida Panhandle, as well as Southern Georgia and Alabama, are invited to attend the 2023 Gadsden Tomato Forum. The workshop will be held at the UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center, in Quincy (155 Research Road,...
![Friday Feature: Jackson County Forest Industry Tour Highlights](https://nwdistrict.ifas.ufl.edu/phag/files/2023/10/Timber-Tour-featured-image-1080x649.png)
Friday Feature: Jackson County Forest Industry Tour Highlights
Every October, the Florida Forestry Association (the other FFA) celebrates Florida Forests Week as a time to promote the timber industry in the state! This year, Florida Forest Week was October 22-28. In Jackson County, a tour was organized by John Alter, Malone,...