Longleaf Pine Private Landowner Incentive Program – Apply through July 8
- Source: FDACS - Florida Forest Service The primary objective of the Longleaf Pine Private Landowner Incentives Program is to increase the acreage of healthy longleaf pine ecosystems in Florida by helping non-industrial private forest landowners to make the long-term...
Friday Feature: Peterson Brother’s Net Rap Music Video
The Peterson Farm Brothers recently published another of their famous zany farm videos. Their latest video, called "The Net Wrap," is a rap song dedicated to bailing alfalfa hay on their Kansas Farm. The Peterson Brothers are fifth generation Kansas farm boys in...
Sorghum Silage – A Cost-effective Alternative for Backgrounding Weaned Cattle
- Nicolas DiLorenzo, UF/IFAS Beef Specialist, and Federico Podversich, Graduate Student, UF Department of Animal Sciences The current COVID-19 pandemic has affected not only our daily lives, but also most of the agricultural markets. The cattle market is no...
Squash Bugs – Always a Problem in Cucurbits
Life Cycle The squash bug, Anasa tristis, is a common insect pest of squash and other cucurbits. Squash bugs have a six to eight week life cycle, and can have up to three generations per year in Florida. They generally lay their eggs on the lower surface of leaves,...
Cotton Market Commentary: Mid-June Summary
Thursday—June 18, 2020 Here’s the situation and the question on everyone’s mind. It’s now past mid-June. Typically by this time, the market has presented growers with at least one “decent” opportunity to market/price a portion of the upcoming crop. Well, I doubt...
CDC COVID19 Farm Worker Safety Guidance
- Farm workers are actively engaged in produce and other fresh commodity harvests all across the country. Earlier this week during a press conference, Governor Ron DeSantis pointed out that a significant percentage of the recent rise in COVID19 positive cases in...
Friday Double Feature: Bishop Farms’ Headquarters Barn Mural
This week's featured video is one I created to share something neat that I saw recently. Hurricane Michael devastated farms in Jackson County, but many of the local farms have rebuilt their facilities better than before. One such example is the new headquarters barn...
Important Considerations for Dicamba Application in Dicamba Resistant Crops
Pratap Devkota, UF/IFAS Weed Specialist, West Florida Research and Education Center On June 3, 2020 the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the registration of Xtendimax, Engenia, and FeXapan herbicide labels. Since this recent development, the US EPA has issued a...
Moving Forward in 2020 with the UF/IFAS Industrial Hemp Pilot Program
De Broughton, Regional Specialized Agent for Row Crops, Moriah Williams, CALS Extension Intern, Dr. Zachary Brym, Assistant Professor of Agronomy, and Kirsten Romaguera, Public Relations Specialist A Review of Industrial Hemp Industrial Hemp is the same species as...
Planning a Pine Plantation for Wildlife and More
Do you have a management plan for your pine plantation? If not, the benefits of wildlife are definitely worth considering as you plan. Benefits from wildlife can include better hunting, hiking, bird watching and photography opportunities. In some scenarios, wildlife...