Federal Estate Taxes, Succession Planning and the One Big Beautiful Bill
Rusty Rumley, National Agricultural Law Center. “Federal Estate Taxes, Succession Planning and the One Big Beautiful Bill.” Southern Ag Today 5(38.5). September 19, 2025 “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes” – Benjamin...
Cotton Marketing News: Cotton Prices Need Some Kindlin’, But How and When?
Don Shurley, Cotton Economist- Retired, University of Georgia, Part-Time Professor of Marketing and Policy, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College-Tifton, GA USDA’s September cotton crop production and supply/demand numbers were mostly “market neutral”. Here’s a...
Jefferson County Pasture Walk & Talk – October 7
It is time to begin preparations for winter forage crops. There will be discussion on the advantages and disadvantages of planting your winter forage into a prepared seedbed and/or overseeding into dormant warm season perennials, cool season forage varieties, and a...
Friday Feature: Peanut Harvest Update
For this week's featured video, we check back in with the crew at McArthur Farms, Malone, Florida. Jim McArthur has built quite a following of 121K subscribers for his Field Rows YouTube Channel. Jim has published 546 videos that highlight farming in the Florida...
Bull Management for Effective Breeding Performance in Cow-Calf Operations
Maria Camila Lopez, Mauro Venturini, Angela Gonella, UF/IFAS NFREC-Marianna, Kalyn Waters, UF/IFAS Extension Holmes County, & Pablo Fernando Quiroga Millares, DVM-Columbia Introduction In the United States, the vast majority of cow-calf operations rely on...
Supplemental Feeding in Drought Conditions
With continuous weeks of drought through the end of August and throughout September, all of North Florida is in either the D1 Moderate Drought Category (tan) or D0 Abnormally Dry Category of NOAA's U.S. Drought Monitor. With limited rainfall, both forage quantity and...
Estimating Winter Hay Needs
Mark Z. Johnson, Oklahoma State University Extension Beef Cattle Breeding Specialist Some basic rules of thumb to follow when determining the hay supplies you will need to sustain your cow herd over the winter and into next spring. Determine your average mature...
Friday Feature: Jim Alderman – 2025 Florida Farmer of the Year
This week's featured video was published by Florida Farm Bureau to share the story of Jim Alderman, the 2025 Florida farmer of the Year. Watch the video to hear how this veteran farmer started small and built a highly regarded produce operation. Not only is he a good...
Equine Health Alert: Mosquito-Borne Viruses Are Concerning To Florida Horses
Florida’s year-round mosquito population poses a serious threat to equine health. Mosquito-borne viruses such as Eastern, Western, and Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis (EEE, WEE, VEE) and West Nile Virus (WNV) can cause severe neurological damage and high mortality...
Peanut Maturity Update – 9/12/25
The aGDD Tracker below shows the number of adjusted Growing Degree Days (aGDDs) accumulated by 72 fictional fields (8 locations x 9 planting dates) as of 9/12/25. Real temperature and rainfall data from each location is used as well as common soil types for the...