by Doug Mayo | Nov 1, 2019
This week’s featured video was produced by Matthew Sligar, who has created a YouTube channel called Rice Farming TV. Matthew enjoys sharing interesting things he does on his California rice farming operation. This video shows how he uses a new type of drone to...
by Cheryl Mackowiak | Oct 25, 2019
Cheryl Mackowiak, UF/IFAS (Soil fertility/water quality) & Ann Blount, UF/IFAS (Forage breeding/genetics) Now is the time to purchase your cool-season cover crop seed! Cover crops are used to protect bare soil over the winter months and for grazing in planted...
by Doug Mayo | Oct 18, 2019
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Cotton growers, in the midst of the harvest season, are waiting for prices to show some improvement before pricing any remaining portions of the crop. While the seesaw action in price continues, it increasingly...
by Doug Mayo | Oct 18, 2019
This week’s featured video was produced by De Broughton, UF/IFAS Regional Crop Agent, to highlight modern farming and natural resource conservation in the Suwannee River Valley of North Central Florida. The video showcases the partnership between farmers and...
by Zane Grabau | Oct 11, 2019
Zane Grabau, UF/IFAS Crop Nematologist, Ethan Carter, Regional Crop Agent, Jay Capasso, Columbia County Extension, and Mark Mauldin, Washington County Extension Peanut root-knot nematodes are one of the most prevalent and damaging pests in peanut production in the...
by Doug Mayo | Oct 11, 2019
Source: USDA Economic Research Service Cost and return estimates are reported for the United States and major production regions for corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, grain sorghum, rice, peanuts, oats, barley, milk, hogs, and cow-calf. The series of commodity cost and...