2022 Watermelon Update #6 – April 18

2022 Watermelon Update #6 – April 18

Bob Hochmuth with input from Suwannee Valley Extension Agents: Mark Warren (Levy), Tyler Pittman (Gilchrist), Tatiana Sanchez (Alachua), Luke Harlow (Union), Jay Capasso (Columbia), Dan Fenneman (Madison), Keith Wynn (Hamilton), Danielle Sprague (Jefferson), Emily...
March 2022 Weather Summary and Planting Season Outlook

March 2022 Weather Summary and Planting Season Outlook

Rainfall If you read Winter 2021-22 Weather Summary and Spring 2022 Drought Outlook, you know that  the Climate Prediction Center (CPC) was expecting warm and dry conditions in March.  Looking at the March CPC outlook (right) you can see their prediction. They were...
Evaluating Last Week’s Freeze Damage in Corn & Small Grains

Evaluating Last Week’s Freeze Damage in Corn & Small Grains

Rome Ethredge – UGA Interim Grains and Soybean Agronomist   Corn Corn affected by cold is growing out of it in deep southwest Georgia where we had 4 hours of freezing temperatures 12 days ago with a low of 28.7 degrees F. It was colder as you went north and...
Winter 2021-22 Weather Summary and Spring 2022 Drought Outlook

Winter 2021-22 Weather Summary and Spring 2022 Drought Outlook

Rainfall La Niña certainly kicked in this fall and winter and effected rainfall, with high pressure pushing cold fronts well north of the Panhandle.  The map to the left shows the December 2021 through February 2022 estimated rainfall across Florida.  That maps looks...
Late Cold Snap May Injure Small Grains and Seedling Corn

Late Cold Snap May Injure Small Grains and Seedling Corn

Rome Ethredge, UGA Interim Grains and Soybean Agronomist   Cold Coming this Weekend Looks like we will have a few cold mornings that may affect our small grains and any corn that’s up. Hopefully the duration of the cold will be short and with warm soils we won’t...