Is it Coping or a Vice? Understanding Stereotypic Behaviors in Horses
Carissa Wickens, University of Florida, and Camie Heleski, University of Kentucky - Introduction Stereotypic behaviors are defined as repetitive, relatively unvarying patterns of behavior with no obvious goal or function. A horse that displays stereotypic behavior...
Fire Management in a Silvopasture System
- In a silvopasture setting, you must consider both grass and tree management when doing a prescribed burn or other practices. We know that controlled, or prescribed burning can be beneficial to both plant communities. Depending on species of pine, initial burning of...
Hemp Diseases in North Florida
Fanny Iriarte, Josh Freeman, Rui Yan, and Matthews Paret, UF/IFAS North Flroida Research and Education Center - The following are a collection of hemp diseases and the associated symptoms for diagnosis, as well as management tips to reduce yield loss or plant death. -...
2021 Thrips Management in Cotton Update
Dr. Scott Graham, Auburn Crop Entomologist As the 2021 cotton production season approaches, it is time to start preparing for thrips management. Thrips are the dominate insect pest of seedling cotton in Alabama. Each year, thrips infest 100 percent of the acres...
Hurricane Michael Timber and Irrigation Recovery Block Grant Application Deadlines Extended through April 30
- On August 21, 2020, Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried and the Florida Forest Service announced that registration for the Florida Timber Recovery Block Grant Program and the Florida Irrigation Recovery Block Grant Program was available to agricultural producers...
Cotton Marketing News: Have Prices Leveled Out?
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics - There’s been a different tone to the market the past couple of weeks. Have we seen the pre-plant peak? Has the trajectory changed? New crop December futures peaked at 87.66 cents, back on February 24, and...
Friday Feature: Cranberry Farming Start to Finish
Cranberries are not a crop that is grown in the Florida Panhandle, but is a very unique crop grown in the Northern US. This week's video was published by Luke Parameter on behalf of Jacob Searls Cranberry Company, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, who have been farming...
Price Projections – A Risk Management Tool for Beef Cattle Producers
The climate for marketing feeder calves over the last decade has been nothing short of breath taking. The amount of economic information that is available and must be taken into account on a daily basis can be simply overwhelming. I think it is safe to say that when...
Launch of the Urban Farming and Entrepreneurship Training Program
- Throughout the Panhandle and Big Bend Region of Florida, many residents struggle to access healthy foods. Of the 20 Florida counties with the most people living in poverty, more than half are in the Panhandle and Big Bend Region. Unfortunately, poverty leads to...
Velum Given Clearance for Use on Aspergillus Crown Rot in Peanut
Keith Rucker, Bayer U.S., recently shared the following with UF/IFAS Plant Pathologists: Bayer finally received approval for a 2ee label which adds Aspergillus as a pest to the Velum label. This is based off of multiple years of research done by Dr. Tim Brenneman at...