by btillman | Jan 21, 2022
Dr. Barry Tillman, UF/IFAS Peanut Breeder, North Florida Research and Education Center – Marianna The University of Florida Peanut Breeding Program has developed a new runner type peanut variety named FloRunTM ‘T61’. The new variety is still in the seed...
by external | Jan 21, 2022
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics It’s been a very wild last three weeks. Prices have suddenly found new optimism and bullish momentum. To be frankly honest, few could have seen this coming. Now, few can know how far this will go. There are...
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 Doug Mayo | Jan 14, 2022
This week’s feature video was produced by John Deere to introduce their new 8R Fully Autonomous Tractor at the Consumer Electronic Show. John Deere revealed that their autonomous tractor is ready for large-scale production in 2022. Imagine a tractor that drives...
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 Kacey Aukema | Jan 7, 2022
Soil health broadly refers to the quality of a soil in terms of chemical, physical, and biological characteristics. It includes conventional soil fertility considerations and adds to it a more holistic view of the soil by considering more dimensions of a soil...
