by Zane Grabau | Jan 14, 2022
Over the past few years, there have been intriguing new developments for nematode management in cotton. Reniform nematode and southern root-knot nematode are the major nematode pests of cotton in Florida and the Southeast. Nematode management typically relies on a...
by David Wright | Jan 7, 2022
Growing up on a farm in Middle Tennessee allowed me to see firsthand why terraces, conservation tillage and cover crops were so important for preventing erosion. Most farms had burley tobacco bases of 0.5 to 2 acres and pasture (usually fescue and clover). Corn was...
by Doug Mayo | Dec 17, 2021
This week’s featured video was produced by Florida Farm Bureau to share the story of Clay and Kari Fulford, Jefferson County, who were one of three Florida farms selected as finalist for the 2021 Achievement in Agriculture Award. While they were not selected as...
by external | Dec 10, 2021
Mark Warren, UF/IFAS Extension Levy County Agriculture Agent Farmers across North Florida are expressing concern about high and rising fertilizer costs as they look to the upcoming season. While there isn’t much that we can offer in terms of supply chain issues and...
by external | Dec 10, 2021
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Uncertainty and panic over the OMICRON variant caused the cotton market, along with many other commodities, to drop significantly in price over the past 2 weeks. Cotton began this week to stabilize and try...
by Pratap Devkota | Nov 19, 2021
Pratap Devkota, Weed Scientist, UF/IFAS West Florida Research and Education Center, Jay, FL In the Florida Panhandle, peanut is the major crop that is grown in close proximity to cotton and soybeans. As such, there is potential for peanut plants to be exposed to...
