Using Scouting and Diagnostic Confirmation to Improve Watermelon Spray Programs in North Florida
Susannah Da Silva, Mathews Paret, Bob Hochmuth, Fanny Iriarte, Ben Broughton,UF/IFAS North Floirida Research and Education Center, Pam Roberts, UF/IFAS Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, and Bill Turechek, USDA ARS Approximately 6500 acres of watermelons...
Cool-Season Forage Video Tour & 2020 Variety Recommendations
Video Cool-Season Forage Tour Typically the forage extension specialists provide tours of their forage demonstration and evaluation plots each spring, but this year, due to COVID19, they filmed the tour to share with producers. Dr. Ann Blount, UF/IFAS Forage...
Economists Estimate $55-100M Hit to Florida Agriculture Due to Hurricane Sally
Kirsten Romaguera, Public Relations Specialist, UF/IFAS Communications The combination of crops, livestock and aquaculture products lost as a result of Hurricane Sally will likely be valued between $55 million and $100 million, University of Florida economists...
CFAP2 to Provide Additional Assistance to Farmers and Ranchers Impacted by the COVID19 Pandemic – Application Deadline December 11
President Donald J. Trump and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced, on September 18, 2020, an additional $14 billion for agricultural producers who continue to face market disruptions and associated costs because of COVID-19. Sign-up for the...
Friday Feature: The Farmer Must Feed Us All
The last two weeks have been very challenging for farmers and ranchers in the Panhandle, after Hurricane Sally dumped feet of rain on farm fields and pastures from Escambia to Gadsden Counties. Many may be wondering why they take this risk every year to earn a...
Hurricane Sally Caused Major Damage to Escambia County Crop Fields
- Hurricane Sally was a Category 2 hurricane with 105 mph winds at landfall in Gulf Shores, Alabama (11 miles west of FL), but in rural farming regions of the Florida Panhandle it was not just the high winds, but the tremendous rainfall from this slow moving storm...
Consider Reducing Plastic Bed Size to Reduce Produce Input Costs
Josh Freeman, UF/IFAS Vegetable Extension Specialist, North Florida Research and Education Center - Quincy Have you ever sat back and wondered why some things we commonly use are designed the way they are? Let’s consider the bed design that we use for...
Seeding Rate Affects Performance of Oats and Black Oats in North Florida
Jose Dubeux, D. Abreu, L. Dantas, A. Blount, E. Santos, D. Jaramillo, F. van Cleef, Carlos Garcia, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center Introduction Black oat (Avena strigosa Schreb) is a cool-season annual grass that has a Mediterranean origin and...
Cotton Defoliation Tips from Dr. Brown, AU Cotton Specialist
It is that time of the year, and peanut harvest has started in the Panhandle. Peanuts might start off the harvest, but cotton will be ready soon. Most growers are well acquainted with cotton defoliation, but Dr. Steve Brown, Auburn Cotton Specialist, met and...
Cogongrass – Now’s the Best Time to Start Control
Cogongrass is by no means a new issue in Northwest Florida, this highly aggressive, invasive species has been causing problems in pastures, pine plantations, rights-of way, and about everywhere else you can think of for many years. Just because cogongrass is not new...