Sawtooth Oak: A Good, but not Perfect Tree for Landowners and Wildlife Managers
Since entering the U.S. from Eastern Asia in the 1920s, and especially since its promotion as the ultimate wildlife tree in the last few decades, I doubt there has been a more widely planted tree by outdoor enthusiasts than Sawtooth Oak (Quercus acutissima). It is...
Protecting Our Crop Protectants
Crop protection chemicals are vitally important to the agriculture industry and need to be protected. The “war on chemicals” is a true threat to the pesticides we rely on. That threat is challenging to manage except by advocating and telling the story of stewardship...
Cotton Marketing News: This is a Run We’ve Waited For
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics - December 20 futures knocked on the door of 66 cents (closed at 65.82 cents per lb) on Monday—the highest daily close in 6 months. December futures gained 1.43 cents last week on weather concerns and a good...
Forest Recovery Webinar Series to Aid Forest Landowners with Hurricane Michael Restoration Decisions
Beginning September 10, 2020 at 2 pm ET (1 pm CT) Continuing on 3 consecutive Thursdays through October 1 - Landowners in the Central Panhandle region of Florida are ready to move forward with restoring their property after the devastation of Hurricane Michael in...
Friday Feature: County Extension Agents Help Farmers & Ranchers Make More Informed Management Decisions
This week's featured video was produced by the Panhandle Ag Extension Team to provide a summary of the services county agents offer to agricultural producers in Florida. University of Florida/IFAS has County Extension Agents in all 67 of Florida's counties that can...
Peanut Pod Rot Issues Amplified by Heavy Rains
Ian Small, De Broughton, Fanny Iriarte, Nicholas Dufault, Keith Wynn, Jay Capasso, and David Wright, UF/IFAS Peanut Team - In recent weeks, peanut growers throughout North Florida have observed an increase in the occurrence of soil borne, pod rot diseases. In early...
Florida Timber Recovery Block Grant Program: Sign-Up Now
Owners of timberlands damaged by Hurricane Michael in Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Hamilton, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Okaloosa, Suwannee, Taylor, Wakulla, Walton, and/or Washington counties can now apply for funding to help off-set...
The 2020 U.S. Beef Cattle Market and Current Economic Conditions
Chris Prevatt, UF/IFAS Beef Cattle and Forage Economist The last several months have been exceptionally stressful for all participants in the U.S. cattle industry, due to the outbreak of COVID-19 (coronavirus) in China and its resulting spread throughout the world....
Western Panhandle Farmers Need to Prepare for Storms in the Gulf
-- Farmers in the Panhandle are certainly familiar with watching hurricanes move through the Gulf and keeping a close eye on forecast paths. As of 2:00 PM Friday, there are two storms expected to pass through the Gulf this weekend and make landfall next week. It is...
Managing Weeds in Your New Pasture: Barnyard Grass versus Brunswick Grass
In a newly established bahiagrass field, understanding and controlling weeds can be a formidable task, but is extremely necessary to obtain the best pasture. Recently, a cattleman expressed concern about a grass weed that was really filling out his newly established...