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...
by Marcelo Wallau | May 14, 2021
Marcelo Wallau, UF/IFAS Extension Forage Specialist, and Chris Prevatt, UF/IFAS Livestock & Forage Economist As days grow longer and warmer, warm-season perennial pastures break dormancy and begin another period of growth. Fields are greening and the...
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 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...
