This week's featured video was produced by Florida Dairy Farmers to highlight a local dairy farm in Jackson County. Brad and Meghan Austin of Cindale Farms are continuing the family dairy farming tradition. Instead of simply expanding the farm ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture2016 was a tough year in the cow-calf business. Rancher’s incomes were reduced 50% as compared to previous years. Needless to say, ranchers are looking for methods to reduce costs in 2017. One proven practice to save money is to pregnancy ... READ MORE
Category: AgricultureUF/IFAS Beef Cattle & Forage Specialists, and County Extension Agents serving the Florida Panhandle developed a basic management calendar for cattle producers in the region. The purpose of this calendar is to provide reminders for management ... READ MORE
Category: AgricultureUF/IFAS Beef Cattle & Forage Specialists, and County Extension Agents serving the Florida Panhandle developed a basic management calendar for cattle producers in the region. The purpose of this calendar is to provide reminders for management ... READ MORE
Category: AgricultureFor the past few weeks I have shared more serious videos, so I thought it might be good to lighten up the mood a little this week and feature a video of America's funniest veterinarian, Baxter Black. Baxter has produced a number of humorous ... READ MORE
Category: AgricultureIn the fall of 2016, USDA's Animal Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the presence of screwworms in the Florida Keys. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) announced on March 18, 2017 that they were ... READ MORE
Category: AgricultureThis week's featured video is a really cool innovation for building or repairing fences, a cordless fence staple gun made by the STOCKade Company in New Zealand. Anyone who has ever built or repaired farm fences will want one of these tools. ... READ MORE
Category: AgricultureThis week's featured video is actually a series of four videos that showcase high-tech robots for dairy farms. The Lely Corporation has developed several automated robots for specific daily chores on dairies; from automatically milking cows ... READ MORE
Category: AgricultureScrewworms were eradicated from the Southeast back in 1959. This week USDA's Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the presence of New World Screwworms Cochliomyia hominivorax in three deer in the Florida Keys. At this ... READ MORE
Category: AgricultureSince 1991, when the Beef Checkoff funded the first beef quality audit, the U.S. Cattle Industry has made major strides in their efforts to improve the quality of the retail beef sold to consumers. There were quite a number of key issues that ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture