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 Marcelo Wallau | Nov 13, 2020
Despite all the challenges of this year, we had a fantastic spring corn silage trial with record number of entries. Our traditional field day had to be canceled, but we moved online and had 61 attendees and over 240 views of the virtual tour video on YouTube. ...
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...
by Michael Mulvaney | Oct 30, 2020
Michael J. Mulvaney, Pratap Devkota, Ethan Carter, De Broughton, Mark Mauldin, UF/IFAS Extension State Specialists, Regional, and County Agents The growing season is winding down, and soon harvest will be complete. This is the time of year to recalibrate your...
by Daniel J. Leonard | Oct 30, 2020
In recent years, thanks to the work of Forage Agronomy Specialists Dr. Jose Dubeux, Dr. Ann Blount and others at the NFREC Marianna, many Panhandle cattlemen have begun integrating perennial peanut (Arachis glabrata) into traditional bahiagrass and bermudagrass...
by Evan Anderson | Oct 16, 2020
Evan Anderson, Walton County Horticulture Agent With a population that never seems to quite disappear in North Florida, the armyworm is a caterpillar pest of many plants. There are four types found in our area: fall, southern, yellow-striped, and beet armyworms. The...
