Cotton Marketing News: Outlook Dimmed on Demand and Stocks
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics The remaining outlook for old crop, and near term outlook for new crop got dimmer this week with release of USDA’s supply/demand numbers/projections on Thursday, June 11. We’ve still got a long way to go with...
Small Ruminant Production Virtual Conference – June 16-19
- Event Registration Due to COVID-19 we have switched our yearly face-to-face conference to an online format. Join University of Florida Faculty Members and experts for our educational series on sheep and goat production in Florida. Agenda topics: Session 1:...
Featured Video: Early Season Scouting for Lesser Cornstalk Borer in Peanut
This week's featured video was produced by the UGA Peanut Team, and features Mark Abney, UGA Peanut Entomologist. In this video, Dr. Abney shares tips for scouting for lesser cornstalk borers in early season peanuts. Before selecting a control option, scouts and...
Utilizing Pearl Millet More on Cow-Calf Operations
Pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) is certainly not new on the scene, and while it is widely used on stocker operations and dairies, it has been my observation that this fast growing, high quality, summer annual grass is somewhat under utilized on cow-calf operations....
May 2020 Weather Summary and June Outlook
Rainfall May was a more typical month than others have been lately, but that was not a good thing. It was not as hot as typical, but it was certainly dry. In the map to the left above, you can see that other than Calhoun, Gulf, and Liberty Counties, most of the...
Cotton Market Commentary – Prices Reached the 60’s this Week
- The cotton market is attempting to venture into territory we’ve not seen in a while—prices with a “6” in the front. Prices touched the 60’s this week—the highest in almost 3 months. Staying there is still a question mark, however. Prices (July futures) have...
Virtual Corn Silage Variety Trial Tour – June 11
The traditional UF/UGA Corn Silage Field Day will be a webinar this year. Come join us on a virtual tour of the variety trial, and discussion with faculty, producers, and industry partners. This year, we are featuring 47 hybrids from 14 different companies planted at...
Friday Feature: Honey & Its Benefits
This week's featured video, entitled Honey & Its Benefits, was published by University of Georgia Extension. Keith Fielder, County Extension Coordinator for Putnam County, provides an overview of honey, its uses and properties, interesting facts about how bees...
Tips for Successful Artificial Insemination of Cattle
Daniela Cortés-Beltrán & Angela Gonella D. DVM, PhD., North Florida Research and Education Center, Reproduction Lab Introduction Artificial Insemination (AI) is an Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) used worldwide to deposit stored semen directly into a cow...
Giant Salvinia – A Highly Invasive Aquatic Plant You Don’t Want Growing in Your Pond
- Giant Salvina is native to southeastern Brazil and northern Argentina. It is a floating aquatic fern that prefers slow moving, fertile, warm, freshwater. It can spread by vegetative fragments. According to Dr. Stephen Enloe, UF/IFAS Center for Aquatic and...