by Ethan Carter | Jun 30, 2017
After a mild winter, with relatively few nights below freezing, it should be no surprise that insect populations are spiking early. One example of this is armyworms, which began showing up in early-mid June across areas of Jackson County, a pest typically found later...
by Michael Mulvaney | Jun 23, 2017
Area farmers have had numerous challenges to deal with already in this growing season. With so much rain over the past two weeks, many farmers have had their production schedule wrecked. Questions have been coming in about a wide range of crop issues, because wet...
by Nicholas Dufault | Jun 16, 2017
By Nicholas Dufault and Maria C. Velez-Climent, UF/IFAS Plant Pathology Department Recently, southern corn rust (Puccinia polysora) (Figure 1) was identified in Seminole County, Georgia and southern Alabama. With so many cloudy, and rainy days lately many producers...
by Doug Mayo | Jun 16, 2017
Don Shurley, Cotton Economist, UGA Emeritus Professor Last week’s USDA monthly crop production and supply and demand estimates contained some good news and some bad news. Overall, I’d have to consider the report somewhat bearish. The market (new crop December futures...
by Michael Mulvaney | Jun 9, 2017
Arun Jani, and Michael Mulvaney, UF/IFAS West Florida Research and Education Center Integrating summer cover crops into rotations Corn harvest is around the corner. What will you do with the land after harvest? You can leave it fallow, or you can plant late summer...
by Matt Lollar | Jun 9, 2017
Cassava, also called yuca (not to be confused with the ornamental plant Yucca), tapioca, or manioc in other regions of the world, is a tropical root crop native to South America. Cassava belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family, which is known for plants with milky sap...
