by jferrell | Sep 2, 2016
Many Florida cotton and peanut farmers have been fighting Palmer amaranth (pigweed) all season. With harvest is just around the corner, many farmers begin to relax their weed control efforts. Regrettably, you can’t give up on this horrible weed yet. With daytime...
by Doug Mayo | Sep 2, 2016
For much of the Panhandle August was an improvement over July with more adequate rainfall scattered across the region. Portions of the coastal counties received over 10″ (hot pink), while there were a number of inland pockets that received less than 4″...
by Doug Mayo | Sep 2, 2016
UF/IFAS Beef Cattle & Forage Specialists, and County Extension Agents serving the Florida Panhandle worked to develop a basic management calendar for cattle producers. The purpose of this calendar is to provide reminders for management techniques with similar...
by Doug Mayo | Sep 2, 2016
In honor of the opening weekend of College Football I thought I would share some of my favorite rivalry insults to share with your friends who root for the wrong team. Don’t take offense, just change the highlighted school to fit your needs. How is the...
by Blake Thaxton | Aug 26, 2016
Some production systems, particularly vegetables, utilize wide row spacing (anywhere from 4 to 8 foot wide). In these systems it is of economic and environmental importance to fertilize the crop root zones evenly, and not fertilize the row middles, where nutrients...