Cedar Apple Rust Has Arrived on Fruit Trees
This past week has been dry, but we've already had an abundance of rain this year. Wet conditions are conducive to fungal disease. One disease that is starting to show up is cedar apple rust. - As you would expect, cedar apple rust is a member of the rust...
May 23 Watermelon Crop Update
Downy Mildew Alert There have been several reports of downy mildew in watermelon in the southern part of the Suwannee Valley region the past couple days. We will get lab confirmation as soon as possible, but we are confident downy is here. I can also indicate we did...
Healthy Forest and Land Management Decisions
Managing a healthy forest is one of many landowner decisions that need to be made that are determined through the owner’s long-term outcomes and benefits. These decisions not only impact the landowner, but the community and region.
Friday Feature: All-Electric Ford F-150 Coming in 2022
This week's featured video was published by the Ford Motor Company to introduce the F-150 Lightning, which is an all-electric pickup truck that will be available in spring 2022. There are quite a few innovations, including the ability to run power tools or electronic...
Managing Cattle Herd Profitability with Rising Input Costs
Doug Mayo, UF/IFAS Jackson County Extension Director & Chris Prevatt, UF/IFAS Livestock & Forage Economist 2020 was a challenging year in all sorts of ways. For cattle producers, there were market disruptions, meat processor shutdowns, significant...
5/20/21 Peanut Update & aGDD Tracker
Mark Mauldin, Ag & Natural Resources Agent Washington County, Dr. Barry Tillman Peanut Breeder UF/IFAS NFREC, and Camila Ichazo Peanut planting is well underway across the entire peanut producing region of Florida. Some of the earliest planted peanuts have been in...
May 17 Watermelon Crop Update
UF/IFAS Extension Suwannee Valley Weekly Watermelon Crop Update. These updates are 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...
Farming & UF/IFAS Runs in the Blount Family
Kirsten Romaguera, Public Relations Specialist, UF/IFAS Communications Ann Blount calls herself a “weekend farmer.” The Blount family’s 300-acre farm in Gadsden County can trace its roots back to 1908, evolving from shade tobacco to sweet potato fields, and...
Cotton Marketing News – Cotton’s Bad Week Hopefully Just a Hiccup
- New crop December futures had a miserable week. Texas got rain and that’s good, but the market took a toll on the grower because of it. December futures lost 567 points for the week—closing at 81.22 cents—the lowest in a month. This wipes out about half of the...
Friday Feature: T-Post Spring Wire Fence Clips
This week's featured video was produced by LockJawz to introduce their innovative new spring wire clip for attaching traditional fencing to t-posts. This company manufactures a number of unique fencing products, but their spring wire clips can be used to attach...