Deciding What to Do in 2023? Consider Diversification
The holiday season is over, family and friends have gone back home, the holiday decorations have been put away. College football crowned a new champion and a new farming year has begun. Planting season is coming fast, but January is what I call, "Decision Season." ...
New Peanut Variety Released by the University of Florida – FloRun ‘52N’
A new peanut variety has been released by the University of Florida, North Florida Research and Education Center. FloRunTM ‘52N’ was released on January 19, 2023 and represents the first normal oleic cultivar released by the UF/IFAS peanut breeding program in over 10...
Cotton Marketing News: More on Old Crop and New Crop Situation and Outlook
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics 2022 (Old crop), March futures are currently in the neighborhood of 82¢/lb. and continue in a pretty much sideways pattern mostly between 80 and 86¢. The more optimistic upside appears to be at 90¢. I’d put the...
2023 Santa Rosa Crop Production Meeting – January 31
Santa Rosa County Extension invites you to join us at the Linda Carden Community Center (5259 Booker Center) in Beautiful Jay, FL, on January 31st, for the 2023 Santa Rosa County Crop Production Meeting. Registration starts at 7:30 AM Central, with the program...
Panhandle Corn & Soybean Update – February 3
Corn and soybean growers from the tri-state area are invited to attend the second annual Panhandle Corn & Soybean Update, on Friday, February 3 in Chipley, FL. The meeting will feature four speakers providing updates relating to many key aspects of corn and...
Friday Feature: Farm Bureau’s 2023 Farm Dog of the Year
American Farm Bureau held their national conference recently in Puerto Rico. One of the recognitions shared at the event was the 2023 Farm Dog of the year. This year a Kansas farm dog named Tough was selected for this honor. Watch the video to hear Tough's story....
Utilizing Winter Forage Blends for Insurance Against Climate Chaos
Cheryl Mackowiak, Soil Scientist, UF/IFAS North Florid Research and Education Center What do you get when you follow a mild la Niña fall with a subfreezing, multi-day cold snap in Florida? You get Climate Chaos with a lot of winter forage damage and unhappy livestock....
Impacts of the Christmas Freeze on Forages – What Happened and What to Do Now
By: Dr. Marcelo Wallau, UF/IFAS Extension Forage Specialist; Mark Mauldin, UF/IFAS Extension Washington County; Dr. Ali Babar, Associate Professor UF/IFAS Agronomy Department Cool-season annual forages are widely used in North Florida grazing systems. Florida’s...
2022 Weather Summary and 1st Quarter Outlook
Rainfall 2022 was a unique weather year in the Panhandle. After several wetter than normal years, the end of 2022 got significantly drier than it has been in recent years. The map above shows the comparison of actual rainfall estimates with historic average in...
Apply Early for an Aldicarb Application Permit if Treating Fields with AgLogic 15GG
Pesticide application is one of the primary ways to treat plant-parasitic nematodes and insects, and AgLogic 15GG is one of the available options for use in cotton and peanut. Aldicarb is the active ingredient in AgLogic 15GG and is the same active ingredient...