by Doug Mayo | Oct 31, 2025
This week’s featured video was produced by Bloomberg Television. In this video, David Westin traveled to Iowa to meet with farmers, and industry executives to discuss the current state of row crop agriculture. What he learned was very concerning. The U.S....
by Doug Mayo | Oct 10, 2025
This week’s video of the week was published by CBS Evening News to highlight the issues soybean farmers face due to the current Trade War with China. Farming is not usually something covered on the national news. Unfortunately, the news was not good in this...
by Zane Grabau | Aug 22, 2025
As the calendar turns to another school year, now is also a good time to scout for plant-parasitic nematodes in row crops. Typically, the peak time for scouting is near harvest, while plants are still growing, as nematode populations are often greatest at this time....
by Jennifer Bearden | Jul 25, 2025
Field days are meant for education. They were designed to demonstrate experiments and techniques. They are interactive and also allow for a lot of networking. On July 22, UF/IFAS Extension hosted a Corn & Soybean Field Day, at the West Florida Research and...
by external | Jun 6, 2025
Ed Borgato, UF/IFAS Weed Scientist, West Florida Research and Education Center – Jay A suitable variety planted in the appropriate window, with fertilizer applied in the appropriate timing, at the required rate for desired yield, plus weeds, insects, and diseases...
by Ethan Carter | Feb 21, 2025
Brett Bultemeier, Lauren Diepenbrock, and Ethan Carter, UF/IFAS Extension Chlorpyrifos is an organophosphate insecticide used primarily to control foliage and soil-borne insect pests. The status and availability of Chlorpyrifos has had numerous, and at times,...
