Nutritional Demands of Beef Females Through Various Production Stages
In terms of beef cattle management, nutritional management is one of the largest costs a producer will accrue during the production cycle. Thus, having a good understanding of nutritional requirements and nutrient partitioning can play a major role in your bottom...
Peanut Maturity & Disease Updates – 9/6/24
Maturity Update The aGDD Tracker below shows the number of adjusted Growing Degree Days (aGDDs) accumulated by 80 fictional fields (8 locations x 10 planting dates) as of 9/5/24. Real temperature and rainfall data from each location is used as well as common soil...
August Florida Cattle Market Update – Calf Prices & Supplies
At the time of writing this, shipping season is underway, and calf prices are still more than favorable for cow-calf producers selling weaned calves. We are seeing some seasonality effects as prices have leveled off going into the fall. Fall is the time when most...
Friday Feature: Larry McArthur’s 50th Peanut Harvest
This week's featured video was published by Field Rows to highlight the kickoff the peanut harvest season. This year is extra special at McArthur Farms, Malone, Florida, because 2024 is Larry McArthur's 50th year growing peanuts in Jackson County. In the video, Jim...
Cotton Foliar Diseases Are Here: To Spray or Not To Spray?
Ethan Carter, UF/IFAS Regional Row Crop IPM Agent, Ian Small, UF/IFAS Crop Pathologist, and Bob Kemerait UGA Crop Pathologist For cotton growers, market prices have been extremely discouraging. With prices in the 65-70¢ range, it’s hard to justify intensive crop...
Birdshot in Beef: The Hidden Defect
Mark Z. Johnson, Oklahoma State University Extension Beef Cattle Breeding Specialist Birdshot or shotgun shell pellets have been found and reported in the beef supply since the first National Beef Quality Audit in the early 1990s and the incidence of this foreign...
Cotton Marketing News: Cotton Market Searching for the Right Mix
Don Shurley, UGA Emeritus Cotton Economist Over the past 3 months, prices (December futures) have made 4 consecutive lower lows—rallies followed by a subsequent decline to lower than where the market was before the rally. This week, prices pushed, and actually...
First Southeastern Integrated Crop-Livestock Systems Symposium – Save the Date – January 31
Marcelo Wallau, Ashley Kuhn, Alejandro Ruden, and Emanuel Cassol Dall'Agnol, UF/IFAS Agronomy Department Cattle and crops are part of the livelihood and the culture of southern folks. They are ingrained in our history and integrated in the landscape, coexisting...
Friday Feature – Jackson Laux 8-Year-Old Farming Expert
This week's featured video was a special news story on the NBC Today Show a few months ago. Jackson Laux is an Indiana farm kid that is becoming a social media sensation because of his love for John Deere Tractors and farming. He has soaked up everything his grandad,...
Crop Damage from Deer in the Panhandle
Samantha M. Wisely, Wildlife Extension Specialist, University of Florida White-tailed deer (Figure 1 above) are the most popular game species in Florida, and many Floridians actively promote their presence on their properties. Although wildlife are a valued...