by Doug Mayo | Apr 23, 2021
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,...
by Ann Blount | Apr 16, 2021
– Ann Blount, Sunny Liao, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center, Graduate Students: Valerie Mendez, Soil and Water Sciences Department, and Brittany Justesen, Agronomy Department; Livestock and Forages Extension Agent for UF/IFAS Extension Osceola...
by bobhoch | Apr 16, 2021
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...
by external | Apr 16, 2021
– 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...
by Michael Mulvaney | Apr 9, 2021
Michael J. Mulvaney, UF/IFAS Cropping Systems Specialist, CCA – Check the germ rate of your seed I was shocked last year to see so many skippy stands, because we didn’t check the germ rate. Many peanut fields had 2 plants/ft! At that rate, you’ve taken your...
by Daniel J. Leonard | Mar 26, 2021
Perennial peanut production is on the rise throughout the Panhandle. In Calhoun County alone, we’ve ascended from a small specialty industry, with a farm here and there growing the legume, to around 1,000 acres in production. This increase in acreage is due to...