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...
Powerful Reproductive Technologies are Available to Boost the Performance of Your Cattle Herd
Angela M. Gonella Diaza, DVM, Ph.D. (NFREC, IFAS, UF); Mario Binelli, Ph.D. (Animal Sciences, IFAS, UF); João H. J. Bittar, DVM, Ph.D. (Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, UF); Alejandro Ojeda, DVM, Ph.D. (University of São Paulo, Brazil)...
Technical and Financial Assistance Available for Producers to Implement Farm BMPs
Producers have implemented Best Management Practices (BMPs) that maintain or improve water quality, quantity and soil conditions on their farms for many years. Multiple agencies in our region recognize this and offer financial assistance to reduce the cost to...
3 Reasons to Weigh Your Mature Cow Herd
Recently I had a conversation with a vegetable farmer from the upper mid-west. Somehow we got on the topic of scales and I explained to him that many cattle producers don’t have a scale. The farmer looked at me in pure shock! “How do you know how much to feed your...
Effective Management of Warm-Season Pastures During the Spring Transition
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...
May 10 Watermelon Crop Update
UF/IFAS Extension Suwannee Valley Weekly Watermelon Crop Update. 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...
April Weather Summary & Summer Outlook
Rainfall April 2021 was a unique month with cooler than average temperatures and above average rainfall for much of Florida. In the map to the left above, you can see the estimated rainfall totals for April with areas in purple reviving more than 9.5", blue shaded...
Forage Legume Webinar Series Recordings & Resources
In addition to COVID19 safety precautions, one of the real advantages of virtual meetings is that it is very easy to record the presentations to share after the live event is over. The Forage Legume Webinar Series concluded on May 6, however, all six of the sessions...