by Robbie Jones | Nov 18, 2022
These past few months have been very dry. Perfect weather for harvesting cotton, but not so great for planting cool-season crops. Many have been waiting for the weather to break to get sufficient soil moisture to plant. I have received a number of calls about...
by external | Apr 29, 2022
Rome Ethredge – UGA Interim Grains and Soybean Agronomist Oat Rust We are seeing some rust disease in oats now and it can be serious. Here are Dr. Alfredo Martinez’s comments, “Crown/leaf rust, caused by the fungal pathogen Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae, is...
by Pratap Devkota | Nov 20, 2020
Pratap Devkota, Weed Scientist, UF/IFAS West Florida Research and Education Center – Small grain crops such as barley, oats, rye, triticale, wheat, etc. are commonly grown during winter months in Florida for grain, cover crops, or winter grazing purposes. Even...
by Doug Mayo | Mar 27, 2020
On Friday, March13, 2020 the University of Florida cancelled or postponed all in-person training activities to slow the spread of the Conronavirus. One of the events this effected was the Twilight Cool-Season Forage Tour that had been scheduled for March 17th, at the...
by Mark Mauldin | Mar 29, 2019
Poor conditions during the fall planting window have made cool season forages a somewhat scarce commodity this Spring. Producers fortunate enough to have cool season forages, need to take the necessary steps to allow them the maximum returns from their plantings. For...