by Doug Mayo | Jul 1, 2022
As I travel around Jackson County lately I have noticed that pasture grass is in short supply on most livestock operations. The combination of flash drought (95-102° temperatures without rainfall) and little fertilization of pastures has taken its toll. To me the...
by Cheryl Mackowiak | Jun 24, 2022
Cheryl Mackowiak, Soil Scientist, North Florida Research and Education Center, Quincy Fertilizer prices have flattened or in some cases, declined from the record highs earlier this year. Even so, inflationary pressure continues to make hay and pasture...
by Doug Mayo | Jun 10, 2022
Last week we shared the Noble Foundation’s 1/128 sprayer calibration video for standard boom sprayers. This week’s featured video is a Do-It-Yourself Video produced by the Noble Foundation for calibrating a boomless sprayer. Boomless sprayers have become...
by Kacey Aukema | Jun 3, 2022
I recently met with a home gardener who brought in tomato plants showing strange symptoms on the leaves. Together we puzzled over the odd leaf-curling symptoms that were affecting their tomato beds, but not other areas of the garden. Upon further investigation it was...
by Doug Mayo | May 20, 2022
Doug Mayo, UF/IFAS Extension Jackson County, & Jose Dubeux, UF/IFAS Forage Management Specialist, NFREC Marianna Limpograss, Hermathria altissima, is a warm-season perennial grass that has been used for beef cattle production in Central and South Florida for a...
by Andrea Albertin | Mar 25, 2022
Join us for a Beef and Forage BMP Farm Tour on April 22nd from 9:00 am to 12 pm CDT. We will meet at the Granberry Farm from 9:00 AM Central to 10:15 AM, and then travel in your own vehicle to Bishop Farms where we will be from 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM, ending with...
