by Mark Mauldin | Jan 14, 2022
This year the presentations at the longstanding Row Crop Short Course (3/3/22) will be specific to cotton and peanuts. With that in mind, the Panhandle Ag Extension Team planned the Panhandle Corn & Soybean Update in an effort to provide corn and soybean producers...
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 Libbie Johnson | Dec 20, 2021
The Alabama Cooperative Extension System agronomic crops team is excited to announce the 2022 Alabama Row Crops Short Course. This statewide conference is held each year. This year the conference is moving to Montgomery, Alabama. Join the team for an opportunity to...
by external | Dec 10, 2021
Mark Warren, UF/IFAS Extension Levy County Agriculture Agent Farmers across North Florida are expressing concern about high and rising fertilizer costs as they look to the upcoming season. While there isn’t much that we can offer in terms of supply chain issues and...
by Pratap Devkota | Nov 19, 2021
Pratap Devkota, Weed Scientist, UF/IFAS West Florida Research and Education Center, Jay, FL In the Florida Panhandle, peanut is the major crop that is grown in close proximity to cotton and soybeans. As such, there is potential for peanut plants to be exposed to...
by Doug Mayo | Jul 30, 2021
Fall armyworms (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda are certainly not a new pest in this region, but there are some unique challenges to deal with in 2021. The adult moths migrate in from South Florida into this region each spring/summer and lay eggs in fertilized...
