Cool-Season Forage Video Tour & 2020 Variety Recommendations

by Marcelo Wallau | Sep 25, 2020

  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

by admin | Sep 25, 2020

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

by admin | Sep 25, 2020

  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...

Hurricane Sally Caused Major Damage to Escambia County Crop Fields

by Libbie Johnson | Sep 18, 2020

– 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...

Seeding Rate Affects Performance of Oats and Black Oats in North Florida

by dubeux | Sep 18, 2020

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

by Libbie Johnson | Sep 18, 2020

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...