EPA Renews Registration of 3 Dicamba Herbicides for Cotton and Soybeans through 2025
Dr. Brett Bultemeier, UF/IFAS Pesticide Information Office On June 3, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated the registrations of three dicamba products: Xtendimax with VaporGrip Technology, Engenia Herbicide, and DuPont FeXapan Herbicide. This...
Cotton Variety Trials in Santa Rosa County
Every year, Mickey Diamond, a Santa Rosa County row crop producer, puts in a cotton variety trial with the help of Greenpoint Ag agronomist, Drew Schrimsher. In May 2020, Mickey, Drew, and his team established 17, 6 row plots of dryland cotton at a field near Jay,...
UF/IFAS Animal Science Offering Know Your Heifer Program
Dr. Mario Binelli, UF/IFAS Department of Animal Sciences - In Florida, developing the yearling heifer to generate a successful pregnancy is a major challenge for beef operations. Delayed attainment of puberty and failure to conceive leads to a short-term financial...
New App for FWC Deer Harvest Reporting System
- Archery season for white tailed deer opened Saturday, October 24 in Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Hunting Zone D (basically the Panhandle west of Tallahassee, see figure 1). Before you go hunting be sure that you have a plan in place for...
Online Hydroponic Vegetable Production Course – November 9-December 11
- The most requested course by participants of the award-winning Greenhouse Online Training program from University of Florida IFAS Extension is here! Learn to manage different hydroponics systems, as well as the fundamentals of climate, water, nutrition, and plant...
Friday Spooky Feature: The Dirt Devil Exorcist
This week's featured video came from deep in the video archives and was fitting for Halloween weekend. You have to watch the Dirt Devil vacuum cleaner advertisement from 2011 that has been watched 32 million times since it was released on the Vimeo platform. Don't...
Protecting Farm Workers, Livestock, and Stock Dogs from Rabies Infections in Florida
Samantha Wisely, UF/IFAS Wildlife Disease Ecology Specialist - Florida Rabies Cases in 2020 Rabies is a deadly viral disease that can be prevented, but not cured. In Florida, raccoons and bats are the main source of rabies, but the virus can be transmitted to other...
Buying or Selling Bulls? Try the VRDEC Bull Selection Tool
There is a steady stream of bull sales across the Deep South throughout the fall and winter. If you have plans to purchase or sell bulls at any of these sales, you may find the VRDEC Bull Selection Tool beneficial. VRDEC (Visual Representation of Data for...
Armyworms – An Annual Challenge for Pastures and Hay Fields
Evan Anderson, Walton County Horticulture Agent With a population that never seems to quite disappear in North Florida, the armyworm is a caterpillar pest of many plants. There are four types found in our area: fall, southern, yellow-striped, and beet armyworms. The...
Cotton Marketing News: The Long March to 68—Now What?
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics This week, cotton prices inched ever closer to the 68 cents area—breaking above the 65 to 67 cents range that prices have been in for the better part of last month. The move closer to 68 was made on expected...