Dr. Blount’s 2020 Cool-Season Forage Variety Update
- Everything from variety selection to timing of planting and fertilizer rates impact the yields and productivity of your cool-season forages. Dr. Ann Blount and her team of forage specialists at UF/IFAS Extension develop a set of recommendations annually for...
September 2020 Weather Summary and Fall Outlook
Rainfall What a difference a year makes. In September of 2019, much of the Panhandle was dealing with a serious drought (map to right), but September 2020 was drastically different. Hurricane Sally and the leftover rainfall from Hurricane Beta caused substantial...
Game Cameras for Wildlife Monitoring
- Mike Goodchild, Walton County Extension Director and Forestry Agent When your land management plan includes wildlife, it can be frustrating to determine how much impact you are making. Wildlife continuously move and are generally more active and visible when people...
Poor Cattle Temperament Adversely Affects Profit
Glenn Selk, Oklahoma State University Emeritus Extension Animal Scientist October is a traditional time to evaluate the cow herd before winter. This is a time when producers decide which cows are no longer are helpful to the operation, and which heifer calves...
Friday Feature: Rethinking Methane From Cattle
This week's featured video was published by Clarity and Leadership for Environmental Awareness and Research Center (CLEAR) at the University of California Davis to discuss an often misunderstood topic of how methane produced by ruminant animals (cattle, sheep, goats,...
Using Scouting and Diagnostic Confirmation to Improve Watermelon Spray Programs in North Florida
Susannah Da Silva, Mathews Paret, Bob Hochmuth, Fanny Iriarte, Ben Broughton,UF/IFAS North Floirida Research and Education Center, Pam Roberts, UF/IFAS Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, and Bill Turechek, USDA ARS Approximately 6500 acres of watermelons...
Cool-Season Forage Video Tour & 2020 Variety Recommendations
Video Cool-Season Forage Tour Typically the forage extension specialists provide tours of their forage demonstration and evaluation plots each spring, but this year, due to COVID19, they filmed the tour to share with producers. Dr. Ann Blount, UF/IFAS Forage...
Economists Estimate $55-100M Hit to Florida Agriculture Due to Hurricane Sally
Kirsten Romaguera, Public Relations Specialist, UF/IFAS Communications The combination of crops, livestock and aquaculture products lost as a result of Hurricane Sally will likely be valued between $55 million and $100 million, University of Florida economists...
CFAP2 to Provide Additional Assistance to Farmers and Ranchers Impacted by the COVID19 Pandemic – Application Deadline December 11
President Donald J. Trump and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced, on September 18, 2020, an additional $14 billion for agricultural producers who continue to face market disruptions and associated costs because of COVID-19. Sign-up for the...
Friday Feature: The Farmer Must Feed Us All
The last two weeks have been very challenging for farmers and ranchers in the Panhandle, after Hurricane Sally dumped feet of rain on farm fields and pastures from Escambia to Gadsden Counties. Many may be wondering why they take this risk every year to earn a...