Jay 2019 Cotton Variety Evaluation Summary
This report summarizes results from the 2019 cotton demonstration variety trial at the West Florida Research and Education Center, Jay, Florida. It shows the performance of 17 cotton varieties. This data represents only one year. Results should be considered over...
Cyclical Cattle Herd Expansion Over, but Record Beef Production Expected in 2020
Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist The latest Cattle report issued by USDA confirms that cyclical herd expansion in the U.S. is over. The total inventory of all cattle and calves on January 1, 2020 was 94.413 million...
Conservation Reserve Program Provides Unique Opportunity for Farmers Supporting Pollinator Habitat
Source: FEBRUARY 4, 2020 by Farmers for Monarchs The February 28 deadline for open enrollment in the USDA Farm Service Agency Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is fast approaching in a year that will feature one of the largest program acreages ever offered to...
Friday Funny Feature: The Return of Mr. Peanut – Baby Nut
This week's featured video is part two of the Mr. Peanut Super Bowl commercial saga. The advertising staff of the Planters company must have had a lot of fun dreaming up this advertising campaign for the Super Bowl. First they killed him off with a heroic act in the...
Effectively Using EPDs for Bull Selection – It’s All About Context
In the past few weeks I’ve been to couple of bull sales and visited with numerous buyers. These interactions have reminded me that there is still a great deal of uncertainty among perspective buyers about how to effectively use expected progeny differnces (EPDs), and...
The Right Steps for Cool-Season Forage Management
Cleber Lopes de Sousa and Marcelo Wallau, UF/IFAS Agronomy Department Forage Team Most pasture acres in Florida are warm-season, perennial grasses; as winter comes, their production and nutritive value decrease. An alternative to overcome this shortfall of forage...
2019 Weather Summary and 2020 Outlook
Rainfall 2019 was not a good weather year for farming in the Panhandle. It was the hottest year on record along the impact zone of Hurricane Michael. It was also abnormally dry over the second half of the growing season, so that was a bad combination for growing...
Cotton Marketing News: Visions of 80 Cents—It Doesn’t Hurt to Hope, but Not Realistic Right Now
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Last winter and spring, cotton futures prices were above 75 cents for most of that time and nearer 80 cents. Some growers took advantage and priced a portion of expected 2019 production. Some growers did not...
Friday Funny Feature: RIP Mr. Peanut
This week's featured video was published by Planters Peanuts. The company released the following video on social media this past week to preview the upcoming Supper Bowl Commercial that ends Mr Peanut's 104 -years of advertising campaign for peanut snack foods.The...
NFREC Research Evaluating the Latest Technology for Precision Supplemental Feeding of Beef Cattle
Gleise Silva and Nicolas DiLorenzo, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center Beef cattle are often provided supplemental nutrients to enhance performance and economic return to the operation, but the labor associated with supplementation can increase total...