Best Florida Grown Hay in the 2024 Southeastern Hay Contest

by Marcelo Wallau | Jan 17, 2025

The 2024 Southeastern Hay Contest, held in partnership with Massey Ferguson and the Sunbelt Ag Expo, celebrated its 20th anniversary with a record 496 entries representing nine states! Florida participated with 55 entries from five counties: Levy (2), Suwannee (6),...

Perennial Peanut Hay – An Alternative Crop Worth Serious Consideration to Diversify Farms in North Florida

by Doug Mayo | Jun 28, 2024

Profitable commodity crop or livestock production has become more challenging since the COVID19 Pandemic.  Production costs have increased more significantly than market prices for most of the commodity options produced in the Panhandle. The following chart from...

Does Planting Perennial Peanut in Bahiagrass Pastures Pay Off?

by Marcelo Wallau | Mar 8, 2024

  Nicolas Caram, Marcelo Wallau, UF/IFAS Agronomy Department, and Hannah Baker, UF/IFAS Extension Cattle & Forage Economist The production and environmental benefits of introducing perennial peanut (aka rhizoma peanut) into bahiagrass pastures are...

Strip-Planting Rhizoma Perennial Peanut into Bahia Pastures – How Well Did it Work Long-Term?

by dubeux | Aug 4, 2023

Jose Dubeux, L. Garcia, D. Jaramillo, J. Pereira Neto, K. Trumpp, L. Queiroz, E. Santos, I. Brêtas, M. Bernardini, J. Portuguez, K. Oduor, M. Ruiz-Moreno, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center   Introduction Rhizoma perennial peanut (RP) is a...

Is a Year-Round Grazing System Feasible in North Florida?

by dubeux | Feb 10, 2023

Jose Dubeux, L. Queiroz, D. Jaramillo, L. Garcia, E. Santos, I. Bretas, M. Bernardini, K.R. Trumpp, J. Portuguez, H. Koury, K. Oduor, M. Ruiz-Moreno, North Florida Research and Educaiton Center – Maraianna   Introduction Is it possible to graze livestock on...

Friday Feature: The Weed Zapper Annihilator

by Doug Mayo | Aug 5, 2022

This week’s featured video highlights a relatively new technology being studied for weed control in late season crop weed escapes.  The Weed Zapper Annihilator uses a front mounted 3-point hitch bar to pass electricity through weeds above the crop canopy, with a...