Hurricane Preparation for Your Farm
Farmers in Florida worry every fall about potential damage from a hurricane. Most of the media attention focuses on families in coastal communities, but not as much attention is provided for farmers and ranchers. Emergency responders are also likely to target their...
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To Dig or Not to Dig: Optimizing Peanut Digging Decisions in the Presence of Leaf Spot Defoliation
Dan Anco & Kendall Kirk, Clemson, Ian Small, & David Wright, UF/IFAS When it comes time to dig peanuts at the end of the growing season, many things influence how many pods make it into the basket. Research by Dan Anco and collaborators has documented two things which...
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Fall Weed Control in Pastures
Fall is not generally the right time to control many pasture weeds. However, some perennial weeds are effectively controlled by fall herbicide applications. Fall is a good time to treat for weeds such as cogongrass, blackberries, dewberries, biennial thistles, and...
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September 2018 Weather Summary and October Outlook
Rainfall September 2018 was a very unique month. Tropical Storm Gordon dumped significant rainfall in Franklin, Gulf, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, and Escambia Counties in the Florida Panhandle and Southwestern Alabama. As bad as that was, it did not compare to severe...
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Preparing for an El Niño Winter
Farmers in the Western Panhandle are in agreement — dry weather is needed to get the crops out to gins and buying points. Currently, climatologists are predicting a 62% chance of experiencing El Niño conditions for the next 3 months. What does that mean to a farmer...
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Hops and Aquaponics Workshops – November 1 & 2
Laura Tiu, Marine Science Extension Agent, Okaloosa and Walton Counties Aquaponics and Hops - Two New Crops for the Panhandle The phone rings off the hook at the UF/IFAS Okaloosa County Extension Office. Questions run the gamut from agriculture, residential...
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Friday Feature: Corn that Acquires Its Own Nitrogen
This week's featured video was published by the University of California - Davis to share the results of a remarkable scientific discovery. Researchers from UC Davis, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and Mars, Incorporated have identified a native variety of...
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Tropical Storm Gordon’s Impact on Cotton and Peanuts in Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties
For most row crop growers in Florida, Tropical Storm Gordon had minimal impact. However, in the westernmost part of the state, much of the cotton suffered significant damage. Though the winds were not extremely strong, the combination of saturated soils and winds...
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BIG Cattle on Feed Inventory and Cattle Market Keys Moving Forward
Cattle on Feed Report On Friday, September 21st the monthly USDA-NASS Cattle on Feed Report was released. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the number of cattle and calves on feed (Feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity) for the slaughter market in...
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Precision Feeding After a Challenging Hay Season
The summer of 2018 has been very challenging for hay production. The combination of frequent rainfall, and heavy downpours have prevented timely harvest, and also diminished the quality of the hay produced. The days are getting shorter, grass growth has slowed, so...
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