Stretching Hay Reserves is Critical during this “Flash Drought”
Nicolas DiLorenzo, UF/IFAS Cattle Nutrition Specialist, North Florida Research and Education Center-Marianna How Bad is It? A combination of effects including very dry weather, and high temperatures have created what the climate experts call a “flash drought” in the...
Crops to Consider for Fall Planting
It's pretty late in the season to be thinking about what to plant to make a profit, but there are quite a few crops that can be started in the fall and harvested into the winter. Even if you're not looking to grow a market crop, you definitely have time to grow a...
Peanut Maturity Update – 9/25/25 Edition
It is seriously dry in the Central Panhandle. The graphics above show that it has essentially not rained a drop in the past month (or longer in many locations) and consequently the area is now in D2 Severe Drought according to the Drought Monitor. These incredibly...
Federal Estate Taxes, Succession Planning and the One Big Beautiful Bill
Rusty Rumley, National Agricultural Law Center. “Federal Estate Taxes, Succession Planning and the One Big Beautiful Bill.” Southern Ag Today 5(38.5). September 19, 2025 “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes” – Benjamin...
Cotton Marketing News: Cotton Prices Need Some Kindlin’, But How and When?
Don Shurley, Cotton Economist- Retired, University of Georgia, Part-Time Professor of Marketing and Policy, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College-Tifton, GA USDA’s September cotton crop production and supply/demand numbers were mostly “market neutral”. Here’s a...
Jefferson County Pasture Walk & Talk – October 7
It is time to begin preparations for winter forage crops. There will be discussion on the advantages and disadvantages of planting your winter forage into a prepared seedbed and/or overseeding into dormant warm season perennials, cool season forage varieties, and a...
Friday Feature: Peanut Harvest Update
For this week's featured video, we check back in with the crew at McArthur Farms, Malone, Florida. Jim McArthur has built quite a following of 121K subscribers for his Field Rows YouTube Channel. Jim has published 546 videos that highlight farming in the Florida...
Bull Management for Effective Breeding Performance in Cow-Calf Operations
Maria Camila Lopez, Mauro Venturini, Angela Gonella, UF/IFAS NFREC-Marianna, Kalyn Waters, UF/IFAS Extension Holmes County, & Pablo Fernando Quiroga Millares, DVM-Columbia Introduction In the United States, the vast majority of cow-calf operations rely on...
Supplemental Feeding in Drought Conditions
With continuous weeks of drought through the end of August and throughout September, all of North Florida is in either the D1 Moderate Drought Category (tan) or D0 Abnormally Dry Category of NOAA's U.S. Drought Monitor. With limited rainfall, both forage quantity and...
Estimating Winter Hay Needs
Mark Z. Johnson, Oklahoma State University Extension Beef Cattle Breeding Specialist Some basic rules of thumb to follow when determining the hay supplies you will need to sustain your cow herd over the winter and into next spring. Determine your average mature...