Navigating A Particularly Challenging Winter Feeding Season
There’s a perfect storm of sorts developing , so cattle producers throughout the Panhandle need to be prepared to weather it. Thankfully, the storm taking shape is not a tropical system spinning up in the Gulf, this storm relates to the mounting challenges...
It Finally Rained a Little – Should You Plant Cover Crops?
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...
You Don’t Have to Body Condition Score Every Cow
It is the time of year when the body condition of cows should be on producer's minds. The grass is short this fall, due to the lack of rain and the early frosts, so we need to be on our "A game" when it comes to our fall/winter cow nutrition. Monitoring Body Condition...
Cotton Marketing News – Prices Improve but still Below 90¢
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Prices have rebounded from the low of 72 cents back on October 31. December futures are now back over 80 cents—prompting optimism that better times could be on the way. = The area around 90 cents...
Farm Bureau Survey Shows Thanksgiving Dinner Cost Up 20% in 2022
Source: American Farm Bureau News Release Spending time with family and friends at Thanksgiving remains important for many Americans and this year the cost of the meal is also top of mind. Farm Bureau’s 37th annual survey provides a snapshot of the average...
Pesticide Applicator Trainings December 5-7
UF/IFAS Extension, Washington County is offering a series of trainings for licensed applicators or those who would like to obtain a Florida Pesticide Applicators License. Each session will provide CEUs for licensed applicators and serve as exam preparation for those...
Friday Feature: The Farmer Poem for Farm-City Week
This week's featured video is actually one I shared previously, but because it has such a great message for Farm-City Week, I wanted to highlight it again. The video was published by Land O' Lakes to bring to life a poem written in the late 1800s by Amelia E. Barr,...
Effectiveness of Nematicides and Resistant Cultivars for Managing Root-Knot Nematodes in 2022 Peanut Trials
Nematodes are one of the major challenges that peanut growers deal with. Peanut root-knot nematode is the main nematode pest for Florida peanut growers. Crop rotation, nematicide application, and use of resistant varieties are the main tools available for growers....
Use of Yellow Sticky Banners to Protect Vegetable Crops from Whiteflies
Xavier Martini, Thomson Paris, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Research and Education Center Mass trapping is a control measure used to capture high numbers of a target pest to reduce their population in the field. Instead of killing the pest with an insecticide,...
October 2022 Weather Summary & Winter Outlook
October was another dry month for the Florida Panhandle, with rainfall totals ranging from 1/4 to 3". In the map to left above, you can see that there was a pocket with over 3" (blue), but there were much larger portions of the Panhandle with less than 1" (orange and...