by Doug Mayo | Oct 8, 2021
This week’s featured video was published by Clemson Extension to provide information on identifying and controlling Kudzu vines. Kudzu is an aggressive leguminous vine capable of growing 1 foot per day. It can easily grow 60 feet in a single growing season. It...
by Daniel J. Leonard | Sep 3, 2021
Over the last decade or so, the Panhandle has been overrun, and I don’t just mean by the summer beach traffic. Rather, by an aggressive, exotic perennial grass that quickly displaces all native species. Cogongrass is not useful as a forage for wildlife or livestock,...
by external | Aug 27, 2021
Alabama Extension has developed an online course called Forage Basics that will be available starting September 1st. This course is a collaboration among extension specialists and Auburn University College of Agriculture faculty, with financial support from a grant...
by Doug Mayo | Jul 16, 2021
Summertime is peak season for all sorts of weeds on land, but it is also the time of year Extension Offices receive numerous calls about weeds in ponds. Filamentous algae is the most common pond weed problem, but blue-green algae can be toxic to fish and livestock. ...
by Pratap Devkota | Jun 11, 2021
Pratap Devkota, Weed Scientist, UF/IFAS West Florida Research and Education Center, Jay, FL The 2021 peanut planting season is winding down. Most fields in the Florida Panhandle have been planted by now. Hopefully, they also received a good residual preemergence...