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april 2014

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THROUGH THE LENS
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OF A RANCHER’S WIFE
32 FOOD LEGENDS AT
vol 4 | issue 10 | april 2014
The Voice of Agriculture for Our Region
THE FFA BEAST FEAST
Lynn Scarborough, wife to a Lake Placid
From fried dill pickles, to sweet potato
rancher and photography enthusiast,
recently won the UF/IFAS PIE Center fries, to venison tacos, take a look at what
AgriLiving
on the
Ranch
Photo Contest, and talks about her love made this year’s 11th Annual Beast Feast
and Auction quite the culinary success.
LIVE. LOVE. LIVESTOCK: FAMILY LIFE AT TRIPLE L FARMS
LYNN SCARBOROUGH
for the landscape.
FOOD LEGENDS
Q&A ON COYOTE-CALF
ON A LOVE OF THE LANDSCAPE
AT THE FFA BEAST FEAST
INTERACTIONS IN THE PASTURE
RIDING THROUGH LIFE
RECIPE SPOTLIGHT SOUTHERN ICONS GRITS AND PO’ BOY SANDWICHES 15 COYOTE-CALF INTERACTIONS 40
GET A DASH OF SUNSHINE
IN THE PASTURE
ON A TRUSTED BREED
COMMISSIONERʼS
AGRICORNER
DON’T PACK A PEST
:
We interviewed Dr. Raoul Boughton,
Visit Barthle Brothers Ranch in Dade

a UF/IFAS Rangeland Scientist at the City, and you’ll ind cattle, quail, turkey
hunting, some timber, and the bread and
Range Cattle Research and Education
Center, who is conducting studies into butter of the ranching and rodeo world,

the coyote population in Florida with a American Quarter Horses.
DEPARTMENTS
focus on the impact on the state’s cattle.
ON THE COVER
12 President’s Column
14 Publisher Letter
20 BMPS, HAVE YOU ENROLLED? From let to right, Ron, Elijah, and Sara
Lasseter are more than just owners and 18 Commissioner’s
Agriculture plays an important role
AgriCorner
in protecting Florida’s water quality. operators of Triple L Farms in Lakeland.
26 agcommunity
Find out how farmers and ranchers
hey’re a family living the agrilifestyle.
28 & 30 AgriNews

are using Best Management Practices 34 Calendar of Events
as a tool to ensure their lands remain Cover photo by PEZZIMENTI
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Classiied Directory
environmentally friendly.
42 Recipe Spotlight
FOR MORE PHOTOGRAPHY

22 LIVE. LOVE. LIVESTOCK.
from this edition, visit our website
at www.FloridaAgNews.com.
More than just a ranch or agribusiness,

the Lasseters talk about what it means

to be a family while running an ag
operation at Triple L Farms.

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863.781.0518 863.773.3026 863.773.3170

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HAND LABOR • CITRUS AND PEACH CARETAKING

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