by Doug Mayo | Jul 16, 2021
Summertime is peak season for all sorts of weeds on land, but it is also the time of year Extension Offices receive numerous calls about weeds in ponds. Filamentous algae is the most common pond weed problem, but blue-green algae can be toxic to fish and livestock. ...
by Doug Mayo | Jul 2, 2021
The last week of June, forage specialists and county agents met in Live Oak, FL for the annual UF/IFAS Forage Worker’s Meeting. This group meets annually to coordinate research and extension educational efforts to meet the needs of forage producers in Florida. ...
by Doug Mayo | Jun 25, 2021
This week’s featured video was published by the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) to share a story on a crazy trend that started in the Netherlands called “Cow Cuddling” or “Cow Hugging” therapy. I have heard of people paying to swim...
by Ethan Carter | Jun 18, 2021
By: Ethan Carter, UF/IFAS Regional Row Crop IPM Agent and Dr. Mark Abney, UGA Peanut Entomologist Caterpillar sightings in young peanut fields have skyrocketed over the past week, with calls pouring into local extension offices. Some fields as young as 25 days after...
by Doug Mayo | Jun 18, 2021
This week’s featured videos were produced by the Peterson Brothers from Kansas that have become famous for their funny parody videos that take a popular song and change the words to match something from farm life. The Peterson Farm Brothers are made up of Greg...
by Doug Mayo | Jun 11, 2021
This week’s featured video was published on YouTube by 16mm Educational Films. This 16-minute video shares the history of the Corn Belt in the Midwestern US. In the documentary they also talk about how corn was used in the 1960s for feeding livestock and other...
