by Isaac Esquivel | May 26, 2023
We are now a few weeks into the cotton and peanut season, with some farmers having already planted their crops. Others are currently in the process of planting, and some are yet to begin behind small grains. While recent rain has caused setbacks for a few, it has also...
by bobhoch | May 26, 2023
Bob Hochmuth, Regional Specialized Extension Agent- Vegetable Crops – published May 22, 2023 Welcome to the 2023 growing season, weekly issue of the UF/IFAS Extension Suwannee Valley Watermelon Crop Update. These updates are summarized by Bob Hochmuth, Regional...
by Nicholas Dufault | May 19, 2023
Blights, spots and rusts; oh my! It is getting to that time of year when we start to see diseases showing up in corn and begin to wonder if we should spray a fungicide or not. Southern rust is an explosive and damaging corn disease in which fungicide applications can...
by bobhoch | May 19, 2023
Bob Hochmuth, Regional Specialized Extension Agent- Vegetable Crops – Before being combined, original articles were published May 7 & 15, 2023 Welcome to the 2023 growing season, weekly issue of the UF/IFAS Extension Suwannee Valley Watermelon Crop Update. These...
by Doug Mayo | May 19, 2023
This week’s featured video was published by Farm Innovations to share the story of the Guardian SC1, which is an autonomous drone for crop spraying. The Guardian SC1 is a large, 12′ x 12′ fully electric drone that uses GPS guidance to spray with a...
by wickens carissa | May 5, 2023
The cornea of the eye is the outside cellular layer of the eyeball, which functions as a protective barrier, and helps focus light on the retina located at the back of the horse’s eye. A corneal ulcer is defined as a lesion in which the outer layer (epithelium) and...