Category: Farm & Outdoors

Photo Submitted Four Madison County High School FFA program members, who have been senior officials for the past two years and Agri-Science teacher, Ed Sapp, accompanied the FFA American Degree award recipients…

Story Submitted To celebrate National Farm to School Month this month, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam H. Putnam encourages students and families to take full advantage of the locally grown fruits and…

Story Submitted The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the presence of New World Screwworm in Key deer from a wildlife refuge in Big…

Story Submitted To continue the cutting-edge science being conducted on Florida’s black bears, FWC researchers recently placed radio-collars on 16 adult female bears to track their movements in and around Tates Hell…

Kelly Greene Greene Publishing, Inc. Gale Buchanan grew up in Madison in the community of Hickory Grove and is the notable author of his second book Feeding the World: Agricultural Research in…

Emerald G. Parsons Greene Publishing, Inc. The Madison County Farm Bureau Annual Meeting will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 20, beginning at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at the  Madison…

  Photo Submitted Thank the farmers of Terry Farms, Henry and Tanya Terry, who work continuously day and night to put food on everyone’s table. Henry and Tanya are pictured with their…

Story Submitted Market Demand As with every other raw material, prices are influenced by many variables we cannot fully predict in the years to come. In order to offer to our many…

Story Submitted The USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) reminds producers to review available USDA crop risk protection options, including federal crop insurance and Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) coverage, before the…

Story Submitted Florida farmers, ranchers and forest owners can apply until Oct. 21 for financial and technical assistance from USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) for fiscal…

Emma Witmer Greene Publishing, Inc. If you could travel back in time 500 years, what would the world look, smell and sound like? Before our area was settled and developed, what was…

Tony Young Guest Columnist The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is looking to hunters to help monitor the state’s deer herd this coming season for chronic wasting disease, or CWD…

Story Submitted Did you know the U.S. Department of Agriculture has an online web application that allows individual landowners and land users to request conservation, technical and financial assistance? Agricultural producers can…

New black bass fishing regulations are in effect throughout Florida, which began Friday, July 1. This regulation change will streamline existing rules, allowing anglers to keep smaller, more abundant bass and protect…

Participation in rough-and-tumble sports is a great way to get high schoolers exercising. But there are many students who want a different type of adrenaline rush than getting tackled on the football…

Like last month, July is a poor time for planting, but a great time for farm chores. Late summer is the time to prepare your soil for fall. The Florida Extension Service…

Today, the seven-member Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) voted to postpone bear hunting in Florida in 2016. Although the framework for bear hunting in Florida remains in place, there will…

People all over the eastern United States are familiar with dogwood trees. A true southern staple, the flowering dogwood can be found anywhere from public parks, to forests, to your neighbor’s back…

As the summer recreational boating season gets into full swing, the FWC Law Enforcement Division is ramping up its enforcement efforts as part of a national crackdown on boating under the influence….