by Jennifer Bearden | Mar 5, 2021
Burweed I don’t know about you, but I am fighting some bothersome winter weeds this season. In high traffic areas around my barn, I have developed a lawn burweed (Soliva sessilis) issue. Lawn burweed, also called spurweed, is a low growing winter annual that...
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 | Jan 29, 2021
Ann Blount, UF/IFAS Forage Extension Specialist, João Bittar, UF/CVM Extension Beef Veterinarian, Adam Stern-UF/CVM Veterinary Forensic Pathologist, and Evie Blount, UF/IFAS Extension Gadsden County 4-H Agent – Livestock producers beware! Especially during the...
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 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...
