Conservation Tillage Increases Beneficial Insects in Peanut Fields
What is conservation tillage? Conservation tillage refers to soil cultivation with direct drilling (no tillage) and minimum tillage. Conservation tillage is often used in conjunction with cover crops to allow surface incorporation of crop residues. Conservation...
Fall Webworms Noticeable In Pecans As Summer Wains
Bare limb tips and clusters of webbing in pecan trees are often the first sign that fall is right around the corner. This webbing is caused by clusters of the larvae of the Fall Webworm (Hyphantria cunea (Drury)) which is often also called Pecan Webworm. “Fall...
Now’s the Time to Start Preparing for Cool-Season Food Plots
I know it feels too hot outside to talk about hunting season or cool-season food plots, but planting time will be here before you know it and now’s the time to start preparing. The recommended planting date for practically all cool-season forage crops in Northwest...
Cotton Marketing News: Extraneous Matter—The Plastics Issue
Don Shurley, Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Contamination from plastics is a hot-button topic in the US cotton industry right now. It should be. It’s a serious problem. Major culprits include plastic wrap from round modules, shopping bags from stores, and...
New Agritourism App Connects Visitors to Florida’s Agricultural Assets
Visit Florida, in partnership with the Florida Agritourism Association, announced the release of a new mobile app aimed at connecting visitors with Florida’s agricultural assets. Through the app, Florida’s farms, ranches, and vineyards are opening their doors...
Friday Feature: Defining GMOs in Food
This week's featured video was published by Iowa State University to help explain what genetically modified organisms or GMOs are and why these crops are used. This is a very controversial topic, with contrasting points of view trying to inform consumers about GMOs...
Heaves – The Horse Version of COPD
Heaves is a non-infectious respiratory disease of horses that is similar to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in humans. It is considered progressive, and degenerative. That means it will never go away completely and each bout will get progressively worse....
Barn Bugs: Insects in the Outbuildings Can Still Be a Problem
By August’s languid days, farmers and farm workers in north Florida have done battle with an almost endless array of destructive bugs in fields and pastures. Thrips, aphids, mites, nematodes and many more have all marshaled against successful agricultural production....
UF Research Study Confirms that Calm, Cool Cattle are More Productive
Brad Buck, UF/IFAS Communications Services Cattle are a little like humans: They are more productive when they are cooler. With cattle, a cooler body helps with meat and dairy production, new University of Florida research shows. "Cows with shorter hair are cooler,...
Friday Feature: Cows Assist Deputies with Car Thief Arrest
This week's featured video was published to share the highlights from a recent Seminole County Florida Sheriff Department case. A helicopter with a night-vision surveillance camera captured some amazing video footage of a car thief trying to escape arrest through a...