Some farmers and ranchers use large desk calendars to manage caretaking, manually entering items and tearing off the pages of their calendars every month. Others utilize whiteboards in their barns, logging spray mixes and other scheduled duties. Still others track plans using Google and Outlook calendars. But there are even more options for agricultural businesses: […]
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Cooking wild pig doesn’t have to be a boar. We can harvest wild hogs all year in Central Florida, and it might be considered a favor by folks who are plagued by the rooting porkers tearing up the garden or farm. Rabbits are also a year-round treat in Florida. Because rabbits are small they are
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The impact of globalization and the complex business of agriculture today is epitomized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) proposed rules requiring that domestic food importers affirmatively take steps to assure the safety of foreign food imports. On July 26, 2013, the FDA issued proposed regulations mandating that most domestic food importers institute
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Improperly calibrated equipment can quickly dissolve a grower’s checkbook. Many of us recognize that. But no matter how careful we are with calibration, it won’t do much good if we don’t successfully deliver those chemicals and other materials. For example, growers are gravitating to aggressive spray and injection programs to battle disease and boost profits.
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Local Hunters Share the Appreciation for their Sport and the Skills Involved Pokey Rogers, foreman and hunting guide at Rocking W Ranch east of Wauchula, prefers to shoot quail with a shotgun. “They [shotguns] don’t do too much damage to the meat,” he says. “If you shoot a quail with a bow, you’ve got to
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