Cotton Marketing News: What’s Happened to All The Bullish Optimism?
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics - The economic and market fundamentals have not changed all that much, if any. Yet, cotton is now struggling to maneuver its way back to 80 cents. Since the peak at near 88 cents a little over a month ago, new...
Early Herbicide Applications Critical for Perennial Peanut Pastures
Perennial peanut production is on the rise throughout the Panhandle. In Calhoun County alone, we’ve ascended from a small specialty industry, with a farm here and there growing the legume, to around 1,000 acres in production. This increase in acreage is due to...
What Liquid Nematicide Should You Use in Horticulture Crop Production?
In recent years, new liquid, non-fumigant nematicides (products that move through the soil as a liquid rather than a gas) have become available. With that increase, I have received more questions about which product to choose, particularly in vegetable crops such as...
UF/IFAS Extension Suwannee Valley Watermelon Crop Update #1
- 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 Wynn, Danielle Sprague, Kevin Athearn, and Charles Barrett. - 2021 transplant...
Planning to Use Aldicarb this Season? Get Your Permit from FDACS
- Aldicarb products are restricted use pesticides used primarily to control mites, nematodes and insect pests in a limited number of crops. These products are closely regulated because of their toxicity. Visit this site to read the AgLogic's Aldicarb's label....
Cover Crops and Soil Moisture Field Day at the Walker’s Farm – April 15
- Please join us in Escambia County for the 2021 Cover Crops and Soil Moisture Field Day at Sam and Scott Walker's farm on April 15th at 9 AM. For anyone passing by their farm on the corner of Highway 99 and Melvin Road (just one mile south of Oak Grove Baptist...
Friday Feature: FarmWise Vegetable AI Weed Control
This week's featured video was published by FarmWise to promote their autonomous machines that cruise organic vegetable fields in California and Arizona to remove weeds soon after emergence. The machines utilize artificial intelligence (AI) to navigate farm fields,...
Is it Coping or a Vice? Understanding Stereotypic Behaviors in Horses
Carissa Wickens, University of Florida, and Camie Heleski, University of Kentucky - Introduction Stereotypic behaviors are defined as repetitive, relatively unvarying patterns of behavior with no obvious goal or function. A horse that displays stereotypic behavior...
Fire Management in a Silvopasture System
- In a silvopasture setting, you must consider both grass and tree management when doing a prescribed burn or other practices. We know that controlled, or prescribed burning can be beneficial to both plant communities. Depending on species of pine, initial burning of...
Hemp Diseases in North Florida
Fanny Iriarte, Josh Freeman, Rui Yan, and Matthews Paret, UF/IFAS North Flroida Research and Education Center - The following are a collection of hemp diseases and the associated symptoms for diagnosis, as well as management tips to reduce yield loss or plant death. -...