April 12 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...
Preemergence Herbicide Treatments Behind the Cotton Planter
- Dr. Steve Li, Auburn Weed Scientist - Cotton planting will be in full swing in just another week or two. One thing that I cannot emphasize enough is to START CLEAN (free of weeds), particularly in no-till fields. A single-pass burndown treatment is often not enough....
Alabama Cotton Seeding Rate Trial Summary
Dr. Steve Brown, Auburn Cotton Agronomist - The high cost of seed (and technology) compel a hard look at reduced seeding rates. The broad compensatory nature of cotton – the ability to make comparable yields across a range of plant populations – affords that...
Cotton Marketing News: Return to Optimism Still On Wobbly Legs
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics From the peak near 88 cents in late February, to the decline to near 76 cents in late March, cotton prices (new crop December futures) are trying to mount a comeback. Since the latest low, we’ve had 9 up days...
Don’t Forget About Wildlife Habitat Projects this Spring
Spring can be a busy time of year for those interested in improving wildlife habitat on the property they own/manage. Spring is the time to begin efforts that pay-off later in the year - particularly in the fall when hunting season rolls back around. If you are a...
Friday Feature: 1956 Kansas Wheat Farmer
This week's featured video was a historic Encyclopedia Britannica short film stored on the Charlie Dean Archives YouTube channel. The 13-minute film shares a year in the life of a Kansas farm family in 1956. They faced a number of challenges each year, but 1956 was...
Four Early-Season Lessons from 2020 Peanut Production
Michael J. Mulvaney, UF/IFAS Cropping Systems Specialist, CCA - Check the germ rate of your seed I was shocked last year to see so many skippy stands, because we didn’t check the germ rate. Many peanut fields had 2 plants/ft! At that rate, you’ve taken your yield hit...
Using Growth Implants in Calves and Stockers
There was a lot of good that came out of the early 1950’s. To name a few: super glue was invented, I Love Lucy premiered on CBS, Alaska and Hawaii became U.S. States, and growth promoting implants were developed for cattle. While super glue is very handy, and we all...
April 5 Watermelon Crop Update
UF/IFAS Extension Suwannee Valley Weekly Watermelon Crop Update - April 5, 2021 - 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...
Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Panhandle Ag e-News with Top 10 Articles and Jokes of the Decade
- On April 3, 2012 the first Panhandle Ag email newsletter was sent out to 1,652 farmers and ranchers in the Florida Panhandle, and the first article links were shared through Facebook and Twitter accounts . Since that time 1,975 articles have been published that...