by Doug Mayo | Apr 23, 2021
This week’s featured video was produced by the Panhandle Ag Extension Team on their YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/PanhandleAgExtension. In this video Pratap Devkota, UF/IFAS Extension Weed Scientist, West Florida Research and Education Center,...
by Ann Blount | Apr 16, 2021
– Ann Blount, Sunny Liao, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center, Graduate Students: Valerie Mendez, Soil and Water Sciences Department, and Brittany Justesen, Agronomy Department; Livestock and Forages Extension Agent for UF/IFAS Extension Osceola...
by Daniel J. Leonard | Mar 26, 2021
Perennial peanut production is on the rise throughout the Panhandle. In Calhoun County alone, we’ve ascended from a small specialty industry, with a farm here and there growing the legume, to around 1,000 acres in production. This increase in acreage is due to...
by Doug Mayo | Feb 12, 2021
This week’s featured video was published by Dr. Lisa Baxter, UGA Forage Extension Specialist, on the UGA Forages YouTube Channel. In the video, Dr. Baxter talks about the economic value of using a grain drill versus a cone-type broadcast seeder. Seed costs can...
by Ann Blount | Nov 20, 2020
– Florida now has an affiliate chapter of the American Forage & Grassland Council (AFGC), This newly formed group is seeking farmers, ranchers, forage industry professionals, and extension specialists, and county agents to develop an official organization...
by Doug Mayo | Nov 13, 2020
This week’s featured video was published by Lisa Baxter, UGA Forage Specialist, to discuss tools for determining forage moisture at harvest. Drying forage to the correct moisture percentage for hay, or wilting adequately for baleage is a very important step to...