Soil Health and Cover Crop Group to Meet April 1

by | Mar 14, 2014

We know not to plant crotalaria now and the County Agent doesn’t wear a tie anymore, but Jefferson County and cover crops still go together.  Photo Credit: Estimated date of photo is 1920’s from the State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory,...

Fertilizer Spreader Evaluation

by Doug Mayo | Feb 28, 2014

Source:  Seminole Crop E News Rome Etrhedge, UGA Seminole County Coordinator As farmers prepare for crop planting, its important to calibrate dry fertilizer spreaders to make sure you are getting a good pattern in the field.  Most newer spreaders calculate the rate...

Vaseygrass in your Bermuda hayfield? Start your management now!

by | Jan 17, 2014

When you think of hay in the third week of January, you are probably wondering whether you’ll have enough hay to last until grass greens up in the spring. However, now is the time to develop your plan for controlling Vaseygrass or other grass weeds such as...

New UF/IFAS Fact Sheets added to EDIS in December

by Doug Mayo | Jan 3, 2014

The University of Florida IFAS Extension offers a database of fact sheets available for free download on the Internet called EDIS (Electronic Data Information Source) that has many publications of interest to farmers and ranchers in Northwest Florida. Each fact sheet...

Cover Crops

by Jennifer Bearden | Oct 25, 2013

Cover crops have been used by agricultural producers for thousands of years.  However, we have seen a decline in cover crop use over the past century, as the use of commercial fertilizers have increased.  Even though they are readily available and easy to use,...

Optimum Soil Fertility is an Essential Part of Weed Control

by Doug Mayo | Aug 23, 2013

  Brent Sellers, RCREC Extension Weed Specialist; Jay Ferrell, UF/IFAS Extension Weed Specialist; & Joao Vendramini, RCREC Forage Extension Specialist There have traditionally been few options for controlling weeds in pastures. In the recent past, 2,4-D was...