New Herbicide being Tested for Prickly Pear Control

Jay Ferrell and Brent Sellers, Extension Weed Specialists Prickly pear cactus is a not a wide-spread problem in Florida pastures, but can be a serious challenge to control, once it gets established.  It can be particularly troublesome in pastures that are regularly...

Goatweed Spreading West: Found in Holmes County Pastures

Recently on a visit to a local cattleman’s pasture, I identified Goatweed (Scoparia dulcis) for the first time in Holmes County.  This weed has been gradually moving west in the Panhandle (Photo 1 below) with recent identifications over the last few years in...

Pigweed Suppression Using a Ryegrass Cover Crop

Dr. Henry Grant, County Extension Director, Gadsden County Extension Service Annually, variety recommendations are given to livestock producers for planting cool season grasses such as oats, rye, and ryegrass as a standard to provide winter and spring forage for their...

Whole Farm Integrated Pest Management Video Modules

If you are interested in learning how to manage pests using integrated pest management (IPM) strategies on a whole farm or whole landscape level, a team of University of Florida IFAS Extension faculty has developed a series of video modules just for you. These modules...

New EDIS Publications Added in July

The University of Florida IFAS Extension offers a database of fact sheets available for free download on the Internet called EDIS (Electronic Data Information Source) that has many publications of interest to farmers and ranchers in Northwest Florida. Each fact sheet...

Vaseygrass Becoming a Common Sight, Unfortunately

You may have noticed vaseygrass, with its conspicuously tall seed heads, in pastures and hayfields where you have not noticed it before.  Most of the factors explaining the increased occurrence of vaseygrass this summer relate to the relatively wet conditions we’ve...