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A Tribute to the Life of County Agent Shep Eubanks

Dr. Pete Vergot, Northwest District Director & Doug Mayo, Jackson County Extension Director On Friday, November 6, 2020, Shepherd “Shep” Eubanks lost his battle with cancer at the age of 58.  He...

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Friday Feature: 1950 Farm Co-Op Promo Film for Alabama Farmers

This week’s featured video is a historic film used to recruit Alabama farmers into the Tennessee Valley Cooperative, circa 1950.  This film merges the Alabama Extension Service, research from the...

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Friday Feature: 1956 Kansas Wheat Farmer

This week’s featured video was a historic Encyclopedia Britannica short film stored on the Charlie Dean Archives YouTube channel.  The 13-minute film shares a year in the life of a Kansas farm family...

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Friday Feature: 1960s Documentary on American Corn Belt Farmers

This week’s featured video was published on YouTube by 16mm Educational Films.  This 16-minute video shares the history of the Corn Belt in the Midwestern US.  In the documentary they also talk about...

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Friday Feature: 500 Years of Cattle in Florida

Florida has a rich agricultural history, but one of the historic facts that Florida cattlemen take great pride in is that cattle were introduced into what later became the United States through Florida...

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Friday Feature: Florida Cracker Cattle – A Spanish Legacy

This week’s featured video was produced by the Florida Department of Agriculture for the Florida Museum to be presented at the Florida Cattle Ranching: Five Centuries of Tradition exhibit that travel...

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Celebrating a Century of Service to the Agriculture Industry by the UF/IFAS...

[metaslider id=46327] Ramdeo Seepaul, Research Assistant Scientist, and Sheeja George, Agricultural Scientist, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center From stacks of paper notes stating...

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NFREC Faculty Tribute to Arnie Forrester

Many people involved in agriculture in the Florida Panhandle knew Arnie Forrester. He grew cotton, peanuts, and cantaloupe on his farm in Jackson County, near Bascom. Arnie tragically lost his life in...

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Friday Feature: Herds West (1955 Beef Production)

This week’s featured video comes from the Charlie Dean Archives.  The video provides an overview of beef cattle production in the Western US in 1955.  Much of today’s modern beef production system was...

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Friday Feature: 100 Year History of UF/IFAS NFREC

Back in October 2021, the North Florida Research and Education Center (NFREC) celebrated their 100th anniversary.  On October 1, we shared an article with their history: Celebrating a Century of...

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Friday Feature: Great Florida Cattle Drive 2016

This week’s featured video was published by the Associated Press to share highlights from the 2016 Great Florida Cattle Drive, which was the third such ride held to commemorate the history of cattle...

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Great Florida Cattle Drive 2022 will Celebrate 500 Years of Cattle in Florida...

To celebrate 500 years of cattle production in Florida, the Florida Cow Culture Preservation Committee has organized a trail drive for 500 people driving 1,000 across Old Florida, from December 4-10,...

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Contributions of Native Americans to Sustainable Cropping Systems – The Three...

Milpa in Zaragoza, Tilantongo.  Credit:  Paul Rogé, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0)   DeAnthony Price, Agriculture Agent, UF/IFAS Extension Jefferson County Native...

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Friday Feature: Dr. John Woeste, UF/IFAS Leader, Inducted into Florida Ag...

This week’s featured video was published by the Florida Department of Agriculture to highlight one of this year’s Florida Ag Hall of Fame inductees.  Dr. John Woeste was the Dean of UF/IFAS Extension...

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Friday Feature: 100 Years of Farmall (CaseiH) Tractors

The first Farmall tractor was produced by International Harvester (IH) in 1923. Bert R. Benjamin, IH Engineer, had a vision for a tractor that could replace horses. He developed a revolutionary design...

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Friday Feature: The History of Bobcat Loaders

This week’s featured video was published by Prairie Public Television to share the history of the Bobcat Loader.  Two ingenious brothers, Cyril and Louis Keller, grew up on a dairy farm in Minnesota....

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Exploring the Ancient History of Florida’s Soils

The Myakka soil series is the official state soil of Florida and is primarily found in the central and southern parts of the state. It includes white sand that has been leached of nutrients and a dark...

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Friday Feature: 1950s Farm Electrification Documentary

2023 has been a hard year for farmers and ranchers in the Panhandle with heat, drought, high-priced inputs, and high interest rates.  As this growing season comes to an end, I thought it might help to...

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January 2024 US Cattle Inventory Down 2%

Figure 1: Source: USDA NASS January 2024 Cattle Report   USDA’s National Agricultural Statistic Service (NASS) published their January 2024 Cattle Report on January 31st.  As was expected, the US...

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USDA Releases 2022 Census of Agriculture Data

Source: USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) announced, on  February 13, 2024, the results of the...

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