by Michael Goodchild | Nov 9, 2012
By: Mike Goodchild, Walton County Extension Agent Most of us have heard the credit card advertisement “What’s in Your Wallet?” (which may not be much these days given the cost of feed and fertilizer). It is important to know, however, what’s in your hay. For around...
by Doug Mayo | Oct 12, 2012
Livestock feed prices have risen sharply due to the drought reduced corn crop in the Midwest. What had been fairly reasonable by-product feeds several years ago, have risen to the point that many ranchers are strongly considering increasing the acreage of cool...
by Mindy Hittle | Aug 31, 2012
Some of Walton County’s perennial peanut producers are experiencing an outbreak of Horsenettles (Solanum carolinense). This pasture weed is also known as love-apple or wild tomato in panhandle Florida, and is toxic to humans and livestock. It is often...
by Les Harrison | Aug 31, 2012
There is a growing anxiety about the corn harvest with its high moisture content and lack of available storage. Field conditions are wet making it hard for equipment to cross fields. Cotton fields need to dry out or disease pressure will rise. Diseases such as white...
by Les Harrison | Aug 24, 2012
After a dry spring, the return of semi-regular rains in June was greatly appreciated by farmer and ranchers in Wakulla County. The situation reversed with Tropical Storm Debbie’s 20 plus inches of rain in late June. Through July and into August the rains have come...
