Springtime Means Cutworms – Scout Corn and Soybean Fields

Springtime Means Cutworms – Scout Corn and Soybean Fields

Florida has several species of cutworms that can be problematic year to year in cropping systems, especially corn and soybeans. Larvae are capable of overwintering and surviving the winter here, which has become easier in recent years with fewer periods of freezing...
April 19 Watermelon Crop Update

April 19 Watermelon Crop Update

UF/IFAS Extension Suwannee Valley Weekly Watermelon Crop Update.  Bob Hochmuth,  Mark Warren, Tyler Pittman, Tatiana Sanchez, Luke Harlow, Jay Capasso, Sylvia Wills, Dan Fenneman, Keith Wynn, Danielle Sprague, Kevin Athearn, and Charles Barrett – General crop...
Friday Feature:  Brunswick Grass Control in Bahia Pastures

Friday Feature: Brunswick Grass Control in Bahia Pastures

This week’s featured video was produced by the Panhandle Ag Extension Team on their YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/PanhandleAgExtension.  In this video Pratap Devkota, UF/IFAS Extension Weed Scientist, West Florida Research and Education Center,...
April 12 Watermelon Crop Update

April 12 Watermelon Crop Update

UF/IFAS Extension Suwannee Valley Weekly Watermelon Crop Update – summarized by Bob Hochmuth with input from Suwannee Valley Extension Agents: Mark Warren, Tyler Pittman, Tatiana Sanchez, Luke Harlow, Jay Capasso, Sylvia Wills, Dan Fenneman, Keith Wynn, Danielle...
Preemergence Herbicide Treatments Behind the Cotton Planter

Preemergence Herbicide Treatments Behind the Cotton Planter

– Dr. Steve Li, Auburn Weed Scientist – Cotton planting will be in full swing in just another week or two. One thing that I cannot emphasize enough is to START CLEAN (free of weeds), particularly in no-till fields. A single-pass burndown treatment is often...