Featured Video: Cool-Season Forage Plot Tour with Ann Blount
This week's featured video was produced by the Panhandle Ag Extension Team. Doug Mayo, Jackson County Extension was the producer, Mark Mauldin, Washington County Extension, was the director, Matt Lollar was the editor, and Dr. Ann Blount, UF/IFAS Forage Breeder was...
Early-Season Considerations for Peanut & Cotton Production
It’s only February, but it will be April before you know it. That means it is time to start planning for peanut and cotton planting season. Variety selection Peanut If you’re a peanut grower, you’re placing your orders for GA-06G now. Which is great – it’s a cultivar...
Managing Greenhouse Insect Pests through Exclusion Techniques
Greenhouse vegetable production can help diversify your farm. Florida possesses a competitive advantage during winter months, because of much lower heating costs compared to other states and Canada. A major disadvantage, however, to producing greenhouse vegetables...
US Cattle Herd Expansion Slows but Continues through 2017
On January 31, 2018 the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released their annual January 1 Cattle Inventory Report. The total U.S. cattle inventory was estimated to be 94.4 million head, which was a 1% increase as compared to 93.7 million...
Featured Video: UF/IFAS Farm to City Project
This week's featured video was produced by the UF/IFAS West Florida Research and Education Center (WFREC) to showcase the teamwork of farmers, UF/IFAS faculty and staff, FFA Chapters, Boy Scouts, food banks, and numerous community partners and sponsors that work...
Carinata SPARCs Interest as a Winter Crop for the Southeast U.S.
Ian Small, Ramdeo Seepaul, Mike Mulvaney and David Wright, UF/IFAS Researchers This week a Qantas jet flew from the United States to Australia using biofuel generated from Brassica carinata (carinata). This event was just one of several exciting developments involving...
Recap and Presentations from the Tri-State Cucurbit Workshop
Thank you to all those who attended the Tri-State Cucurbit Workshop held in Jackson County on January 25, 2018! There was a great turnout with participants from Florida, Alabama, and Georgia. Thank you to our presenters: Dr. Mathews Paret; Dr. Melanie Kalischuck; Dr....
Weed of the Week: Arrowleaf Sida “Teaweed”
Arrowleaf Sida is commonly known as teaweed, ironweed, or southern sida. It is a spring emerging broadleaf commonly found in pastures, pinelands, hammocks, and disturbed areas. Arrowleaf Sida is a native plant found from South Carolina, throughout Florida, and as far...
Featured Video: Chemical Control of Chinese Privet
This week's featured video was produced by Alabama Extension to show the results of a Chinese Privet chemical control demonstration. This video shares the results for three techniques used for privet control: foliar (spraying leaves), cut stump, and basal bark...
Farming is Noisy Business – Don’t Let it Steal Your Hearing!
I wear hearing aids, so that makes the subject of hearing loss near and dear to my heart! My hearing loss is due primarily to long term exposure to noisy equipment. Let’s face it, farming is a noisy occupation! The damage to hearing from exposure to loud noise is...