by external | Jun 26, 2020
– Source: FDACS – Florida Forest Service The primary objective of the Longleaf Pine Private Landowner Incentives Program is to increase the acreage of healthy longleaf pine ecosystems in Florida by helping non-industrial private forest landowners to make...
by Doug Mayo | Jun 26, 2020
The Peterson Farm Brothers recently published another of their famous zany farm videos. Their latest video, called “The Net Wrap,” is a rap song dedicated to bailing alfalfa hay on their Kansas Farm. The Peterson Brothers are fifth generation Kansas farm...
by ndilorenzo | Jun 19, 2020
– Nicolas DiLorenzo, UF/IFAS Beef Specialist, and Federico Podversich, Graduate Student, UF Department of Animal Sciences The current COVID-19 pandemic has affected not only our daily lives, but also most of the agricultural markets. The cattle market is no...
by Matt Lollar | Jun 19, 2020
Life Cycle The squash bug, Anasa tristis, is a common insect pest of squash and other cucurbits. Squash bugs have a six to eight week life cycle, and can have up to three generations per year in Florida. They generally lay their eggs on the lower surface of leaves,...
by external | Jun 19, 2020
Thursday—June 18, 2020 Here’s the situation and the question on everyone’s mind. It’s now past mid-June. Typically by this time, the market has presented growers with at least one “decent” opportunity to market/price a portion of the upcoming crop. Well, I doubt...
by external | Jun 19, 2020
– Farm workers are actively engaged in produce and other fresh commodity harvests all across the country. Earlier this week during a press conference, Governor Ron DeSantis pointed out that a significant percentage of the recent rise in COVID19 positive cases...
