Friday Feature: Planting Cotton with Jim McArthur
This week we check back in with Jim MacArthur in Jackson County through his YouTube channel called "Field Rows". He recently shared a video he created to show how McArthur Farms plants their cotton fields. Climb in the cab with Jim and see how this is done with...
Stand Issues – Should You Replant Your Peanut Field?
Mike Mulvaney, UF/IFAS West Florida Research and Education Center, & Scott Tubbs, UGA Coastal Plain Experiment Station It’s the time of year when producers often face decisions involving replanting peanut. This is always a tough call, there are many factors to...
Snails Causing Issues in Panhandle Citrus Groves
- In recent years, snails have become a burden in the Panhandle, particularly for row crops such as corn, cotton, soybeans, and peanuts. Snails haven’t appeared to cause damage to plants, but have mainly been a problem at harvest time due to the sheer numbers of them....
Check Your Seed: Don’t Plant Poisonous Pasture Weeds
A cattle producer contacted me earlier this spring to investigate a “pretty but unusual” weed that had quickly spread over a pasture. This field had been planted this past fall with certified oat seed for winter forage. While definitely pretty, it was obvious that...
April 2020 Weather Summary and May Outlook
- Rainfall April 2020 was a fairly normal weather month in Florida for a change. In the two maps above, you can see the estimated rainfall and the departure from historic average rainfall in Florida for April 2020. In the map to the left, the areas in green received...
Gulf County Cool-Season Forage Virtual Field Day
The subject of this video is a no-till cool-season livestock & wildlife forage demonstration, in Gulf County. There are a number of ag extension agents across the state that have participated with state specialists and landowners to implement this past season’s...
Pesticide License Testing Resumes at Extension Offices May 18
Tory Moore, Public Relations Specialist, UF/IFAS Communications Due to COVID-19, all pesticide license testing in Florida was suspended for more than six weeks. Now that the state has started to reactivate services, testing will resume at select UF/IFAS Extension...
Friday Feature: Answers to Common Beef Cattle Reproduction Management Questions
This week's video was produced by Angella Gonella, UF/IFAS Cattle Reproduction Management Specialist, to provide answers to common questions she gets related to beef herd reproduction management. Dr. Gonella is a member of the Panhandle Ag Extension Team, and is...
UF/IFAS is Working Closely with Deer Farms in Northwest Florida
Samantha Wisely, Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Director of the Cervidae Health Research Initiative, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida With over 70 deer farms in Northwest Florida, the Panhandle provides momentum and leadership to...
Pasture to Plate – Purchasing Meat Directly from Local Producers
Many people are spending extra time at home these days, and are looking to work on their cooking skills and trying new products. Warmer weather usually means you start rolling out the grills and getting ready for delicious steaks or ribs for your family to enjoy....