2021 Florida Peanut Crop Starting Strong
David Wright, UF/IFAS Agronomy Extension Specialist Florida peanut growers are just at the end of planting for the 2021 growing season. In general, this year's planting has gone well, with few issues. Peanuts can be grown successfully in a wide variety of soil types....
June 14 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...
Cotton Marketing News: Cotton Prices Post a “Triple Top”
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics - If you feel like you are “behind” in your pricing/price protection and have been waiting for opportunity to get caught up, here you go. We mentioned a couple of weeks ago that prices (December futures) were...
Friday Double Feature: Peterson Brothers’ Some Cows and Cows Dance Videos
This week's featured videos were produced by the Peterson Brothers from Kansas that have become famous for their funny parody videos that take a popular song and change the words to match something from farm life. The Peterson Farm Brothers are made up of Greg (30),...
Peanut Mid-Season Weed Control Options and Considerations
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...
Dealing with the Sweetpotato Weevil
Sweet potatoes are widely grown in Florida, especially on small farms. Foliar pests such as whiteflies, leafminers, and armyworms are generally of minor concern. The most serious insect pests are the immature stages of insects that feed on the roots and tubers; among...
Marketing Feeder Cattle during the Second Half of 2021
Chris Prevatt, UF/IFAS Range Cattle REC, State Specialized Agent – Beef Cattle and Forage Economics Since early 2021, there has been a significant premium available in the futures market to encourage producers to market cattle during the second half of 2021....
6/11/21 Peanut Update & aGDD Tracker
Mark Mauldin, Ag & Natural Resources Agent Washington County, Ethan Carter, Regional Crop IPM Agent, Dr. Barry Tillman Peanut Breeder UF/IFAS NFREC, and Camila Ichazo The Panhandle peanut crop ranges in age from peanuts that have started blooming and are...
June 7 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...
May 2021 Weather Summary and Summer Outlook
Rainfall May 2021 had a lot of variation that made it somewhat unusual. The month started cool and damp and ended with a high pressure system that held off rain with normal temperatures. The two maps above show the rainfall totals for Florida compared to normal. ...