Friday Feature: Drilling vs Broadcasting Forage Seed
This week's featured video was published by Dr. Lisa Baxter, UGA Forage Extension Specialist, on the UGA Forages YouTube Channel. In the video, Dr. Baxter talks about the economic value of using a grain drill versus a cone-type broadcast seeder. Seed costs can be...
“Plug and Play” Peanut Varieties?
- Dr. Barry Tillman, UF/IFAS Peanut Breeder, North Florida Research and Education Center, Marianna In this technological age, we've all grown accustomed to the ability to simply plug in a new device and see it work. Mostly gone are the old days, when we had to...
Farming System Alternatives – Focusing on the Natural
There are many farming systems utilized world-wide, with conventional agriculture being the most prevalent. However, alternative systems, like organic and all-natural farming, are becoming more popular than ever before. - Organic Farming With any farming system, there...
Friday Feature: Soil Health – Theory of Change
This week's featured video was published by the Soil Health Institute to share the huge need to focus on improving the health and productivity of agricultural soils. With an ever growing world population, and shrinking acreage of productive farmland, the only way to...
Poisonous Plants Suspected Cause of Cattle Deaths in the Panhandle
Ann Blount, UF/IFAS Forage Extension Specialist, João Bittar, UF/CVM Extension Beef Veterinarian, Adam Stern-UF/CVM Veterinary Forensic Pathologist, and Evie Blount, UF/IFAS Extension Gadsden County 4-H Agent - Livestock producers beware! Especially during the winter...
Progress of Carinata Research in the Panhandle
- Ramdeo Seepaul, Ian Small, Sheeja George, David Wright, North Florida Research and Education Center, and Michael Mulvaney, West Florida Research and Education Center Carinata is grown primarily as a sustainable source of non-edible oils, which can be refined into...
Making Wheat and Peanuts Less Allergenic
Source: Adityarup "Rup" Chakravorty, Crop Science Society of America - Science News The United States Department of Agriculture identifies a group of “big eight” foods that causes 90% of food allergies. Among these foods are wheat and peanuts. Sachin Rustgi, a...
Friday Feature: All Electric Utility Tractors
This week's featured video shares the story of the development of the Solectrac all-electric utility tractor by Steve Heckeroth, Founder and CEO. The company is still in the early production and development stage of tractors. The Solectrac 40-horse utility tractor...
Don’t Forget About the Bulls – Pre-Breeding Management
- The relatively mild winter climate in the Deep South offers cattlemen a fairly wide range of options in relation to the timing of successful breeding/calving seasons. The variation in systems makes the timing of this article a bit tricky, but there are a lot of...
Fungi Biological Control of Citrus Pests
Xavier Martini, UF/IFAS North Florida REC, Department of Entomology, and Pasco Avery, UF/IFAS Indian River REC, Department of Entomology Cold hardy citrus is targeted by a various number of pests including scales, mites, and leafminers. In the absence of Asian citrus...