Early Season Thrips Management in Cotton and Peanut 2025
We are now a few weeks into our planting the season for cotton and peanut, with some planting as early as the first week of April. As the planting season continues, I wanted to bring a few things to your attention relating to early-season insect pests. Our first pest...
Tick Prevention – An Important Safety Measure When Working Outdoors
As the weather warms up, the winter respite from ticks and the concerns they can bring comes to a close. Ticks can be particularly troublesome and prevalent in early spring, and it is not just our pets and livestock we should be concerned about. Tick bite prevention...
Cow Talks: Special Guests Discuss the Impact of H5N1 Avian Influenza on Agriculture
Marcelo Wallau, UF/IFAS Forage Extension Specialist, Ashley Kanobroski (UF/IFAS Agronomy Department, Forage Team), Olivia Maule (CALS Faculty Instructional Resources and Support Team), Benjamin Anderson, Assistant Professor in the UF Department of Environmental and...
Water Considerations for Horses
In warmer temperatures, water is the single most important nutrient input for your equine partners.
Tips for Introducing New Chickens into Your Coop
Chicken Math is real! We keep adding new breeds and varieties to our flocks. So, how can we get our chickens to live together in harmony? Chickens have an established pecking order, a social hierarchy that dictates daily routines and life in the coop. If you don’t...
Washington County Integrated Crop Livestock Systems Farm Tour – May 20
On May 20, 2025, UF/IFAS Extension, Washington County will host a farm tour highlighting three operations in the county, which are currently utilizing some form of Integrated Crop Livestock Systems (ICLS). There has been much research showing the long-term...
2025 Perennial Peanut Field Day – June 6
If you are a perennial peanut producer, or are interested in becoming one, you are invited to attend the annual Perennial Peanut Field Day. In 2025, the Field Day will be held in Marianna, Florida, on Friday, June 6, from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM Central time (10-3...
Friday Feature: Fence H-Brace Construction
This week's featured video was published by North Carolina Extension. In the video, Anthony Growe, Richmond County Agent, provides a step by step demonstration of H-Brace construction for a high tensile electric fence, however these steps are similar for other types...
Stay Ahead of Disease with the Spore Report: A New Tool to Assist with Potato and Watermelon Management
Dr. Nicholas Dufault and Rezel Borines, UF/IFAS Plant Pathology Department With potato and watermelon seasons underway in North Florida, growers are keeping a close eye on disease risk. One way to get ahead of potential problems is with the Spore Report—a new...
After an Eventful Winter, Inspect and Prepare Equipment for the Growing Season
To say the least, we had an eventful winter across the Panhandle. Who would have thought in their lifetime we would see more snow than many northern states, 5 inches of snow in many places across the Panhandle, and snow on the Gulf Beaches! As warm weather is upon us...