by Nicholas Dufault | Sep 4, 2020
Nicholas Dufault, Ian Small, Santosh Sanjel, Jay Capasso and Kevin Korus, UF/IFAS Peanut Team – As we approach the end of the peanut production season, Florida’s peanut farmers need to be wary of peanut rust. Rust has been identified in fields in Columbia,...
by Doug Mayo | Sep 4, 2020
Dr. Ann Blount, UF/IFAS Forage Breeder, coordinated with county extension agents across North Florida to establish warm-season annual forage legume variety demonstration plots, in the summer of 2020. Special thanks to Kelly Seed and Seedway for donating the seeds for...
by Libbie Johnson | Sep 4, 2020
Corn is still being harvested in the Western Panhandle, due to almost daily rains slowing progress. What looked like it would be an awful year in April and early May, has ended up rather positive. Much of the corn in the western counties experience a long, cool spring...
by David Wright | Sep 4, 2020
– Agenda – 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM EDT (9:00 – 1:00 CST) 10:00 Introduction – Dan Geller (UGA) 10:05 Cover Crops Basics – Joel Love (UF) 10:30 Choosing the Right Cover Crop – Julia Gaskins (UGA) 10:55 Nitrogen Management and Cover...
by Doug Mayo | Sep 4, 2020
This week’s featured video was produced by the Soil Health Institute (SHI) to promote the use of conservation tillage and cover crops in modern cotton production. This week’s featured video is the introduction to a series of short videos that were...
by external | Aug 28, 2020
– On August 21, 2020, Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried and the Florida Forest Service announced that registration for the Florida Timber Recovery Block Grant Program and the Florida Irrigation Recovery Block Grant Program is now available to agricultural...