by Hardeep Singh | Sep 22, 2023
On August 24, 2023, the West Florida Research and Education Center (WFREC) hosted an Extension Farm Field Day that brought together farmers, researchers, and agriculture enthusiasts for a day of learning, networking, and celebrating the agricultural innovations of the...
by Marcelo Wallau | Sep 15, 2023
William Hammond, UF/IFAS Plant Physiologist, Marcelo Wallau, UF/IFAS Forage Extension Specialist, Clyde Fraise, UF/IFAS Agrometeorologist, and Gerard Sapes, UF/IFAS Plant Physiologist Florida is going through one of the hottest summers on record. Between February 1st...
by Ethan Carter | Sep 15, 2023
Ethan Carter, UF/IFAS Regional Crop IPM Agent; Audrey Gamble, AU Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences; Ann Blount, Southern Seed Certification As corn harvest wraps up and the peanut/cotton harvest begins, now is the time to plan for and coordinate a field’s...
by external | Sep 15, 2023
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Since the low in the 77-78 cents area back in June, prices (December futures) have made three runs at the 89-90 cents area. Each time, prices retreated a bit—failing to sustain that level. I feel confident in...
by Mark Mauldin | Sep 8, 2023
The peanut growing season is winding down. In the Peninsular counties, lots of peanuts are already out of the field and here in the Panhandle harvest is coming on fast. The calendar says it’s time to dig mid-April planted peanuts, but peanuts don’t...
by Zane Grabau | Aug 25, 2023
All growers have them. That patch in a field (or a few fields), that just isn’t quite right. Maybe the plants are just smaller than the rest of the field. Maybe the plants are a little discolored. Or really discolored. Maybe the stand is poor. That bad patch could be...