Beginning in 2014, the mandatory health insurance coverage provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) go into effect. But the law does not require everyone to have health insurance, nor are all of the coverage requirements applicable to all types of health insurance. Are you exempt from the health insurance mandate? Most […]
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The hurricane season typically peaks between August and October, so act now to protect your farm or ranch from the ravaging effects of a storm. Residents and businesses along the Eastern Seaboard were caught off guard last October by Hurricane Sandy, and are still struggling to rebuild. So it’s best to be prepared for worst
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Grass tetany is also known as hypomagnesaemia (or grass staggers), and is a magnesium (Mg) deficiency in cattle, primarily lactating cows. This deficiency can occur when there is a change in feeding from winter silage feed to rapidly growing spring grasses. The occurrence of grass tetany is greatly reduced after the forage matures. Only a
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July has arrived and the battle to keep your lawn and garden looking victorious has commenced. Here are some tips you can arm yourself with. Now is the time for summer fertilization of your lawn. Repairing, renovating, or planting are also good ideas. Before planting, don’t forget to work organic materials, such as peat, manure,
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Trichimoniasis is a venereal infection of cattle that is caused by the protozoan Tritrichomonas foetus. The protozoa colonize the reproductive tract in the cow and skin folds of the bull. Most cows will clear the infection within 95 days, but bulls over 4 years old carry the protozoan to the next breeding season. The only
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The Florida Farm to School program. You might have heard about it, particularly if you kept up with the 2010 election campaign for Florida agriculture commissioner. The successful candidate, Bartow’s Adam Putnam, often spoke about the program while on the stump and has been one of its biggest supporters since assuming office. [emember_protected custom_msg=”Click here
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My late grandfather used to tell me, “There’s no future in the past … but “there ARE lessons for the future from the past.” I was reminded of his words after riding citrus groves with St. Cloud growers, who were impressed by the size and health of our reset trees. [emember_protected custom_msg=”Click here and register
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The ability to predict interest rates is, at best, speculative. To put it politely, no one is very good at it, but lately many industry experts and media pundits collectively seem to agree that there is a rise in interest rates on the horizon. [emember_protected custom_msg=”Click here and register now to read the rest of
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In the spring of 1971 I traveled to Tallahassee as attorney for the Polk County delegation for the Legislative Session. At the time I was wide-eyed and intent on following in the footsteps of great granddad Dr. Snow, my Dad (Snow Martin), and great uncle Stephen P. Mallory, for whom a square is named in
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Don’t get left behind. Take advantage of the summer lull to learn about and adopt new technological strategies for the upcoming citrus season. [emember_protected custom_msg=”Click here and register now to read the rest of the article!”] You may want to create an electronic records retention system to keep track of pest and nutritional sprays, production
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