Jose Dubeux – UF/IFAS NFREC Forage Management Specialist
Introduction-How much of the nutrients cattle consume are recycled back to the pasture?
Livestock consume nutrients contained in forages and feeds and return most of them to the pasture in their waste in the form of manure and urine. On average, 80 to 90% of plant macronutrients …
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If you are thinking about planting a bahiagrass pasture in the next few weeks you may want to “hold your horses” as they say. Just because it’s warming up and the home improvement stores are running commercials featuring picturesque lawns, doesn’t mean it’s time to plant bahiagrass. Planting bahiagrass pastures now could result in a …
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This time of year, some wheat farmers may be wondering what kind of yields they will end up with. Yield estimates this week from Jackson County looked very promising, with yields estimated at 84 bushels per acre and 70 bushels per acre at 2 different farms.
Doing a yield estimate is relatively simple to do. …
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The Panhandle Agriculture Extension Team and the North Florida Research and Education Center (NFREC) teamed up to host a training for the UF/IFAS Faculty who work with forages and livestock in Marianna, on April 7th and 8th . Jose Dubeux, NFREC Forage Management Specialist, and Doug Mayo, Jackson County Extension Director, co-chaired the event that …
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Much of the Panhandle has had above average rainfall during the first quarter of 2014. While most farmers are getting frustrated because the wet ground has delayed planting preparation, ranchers are smiling because they have finally gotten ideal weather for cool-season forage production. While there are certainly areas of the Panhandle that have received abundant …
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Recent rains have been, in many areas of the Panhandle, “too much of a good thing.” Too much rain can limit farm equipment access to fields, delay scheduled planting, and other management activities, and wash away valuable fertilizer applications. Nitrogen in particular is mobile and volatile in …
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Every year beginning in mid-March to early-April, Extension Agents begin to receive inquiries about managing carpenter bees which are attacking barns, eaves, rafters, and other wooden structures. The bee most commonly responsible for economic damages is typically the large Carpenter bee (see Photo 1)
This is when nesting takes place in structural timbers, fence posts, …
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Join Makers, Bakers, and Growers from Jackson and surrounding counties to ignite enthusiasm for your local community farmers markets! With traditional jobs becoming harder to secure, many local citizens are discovering their love for farming, arts and crafts, baking, and gardening, and are transforming their passions into jobs.
Farmers markets are great catalysts in …
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Welcome to the 63rd Annual Florida Beef Cattle Short Course for the cattle industry! The Beef Cattle Short Course is considered one of the premier beef cattle educational events in the Southeast and Gulf Coast regions with significance nationally and globally. The course addresses issues for beef cattle enterprises at an elevated level …
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