Evaluation of Feet & Legs Important for Cattle Longevity
Routine evaluation of the health status of cattle is important to ensure that your animals are comfortable and productive. Visual appraisal of body condition scores (BCS), fly stress, and signs & symptoms of sickness are easily observed as you walk through...
Rose Crown Gall Becoming More Prevalent in Florida
Kamil Duman, Susannah Wright, Fanny Iriarte, Barron Riddle, Gary Knox and Mathews Paret, University of Florida - NFREC, Quincy, FL For rose nurseries, and commercial landscapers, each of the many rose diseases are as important as the others. Crown Gall, however, is...
La Niña Watch issued by the Climate Prediction Center
Clyde Fraisse, AgroClimate Project Director While ENSO-Neutral conditions are still present in the Pacific Ocean, a La Niña Watch was issued by the NOAA Climate Prediction Center (CPC) on October 9, 2017. The chances for a La Nina to develop this Fall are...
Cotton Marketing News: October Numbers Were Not As Expected but Prices Hold
Don Shurley, UGA Emeritus Cotton Economist Last week, I visited an “apple house” in north Georgia. On this day, there were 3 or 4 bus loads of kids there also—touring the orchards, petting animals, and eating all sorts of yummy stuff. In the store, you could buy...
Friday Feature: The Domestication of Fruits and Vegetables
This week's featured video shares the unique history of domestication of five familiar fruits and vegetables. The video produced by Business Insider shows how farmers and scientists have been modifying genes for thousands of years through natural breeding and...
Crop Nematode Damage a Serious Issue this Season
After back to back mild winters, the 2017 growing season has been a banner year for pests. Prolonged cold weather normally diminishes pest populations, but this year pests of all types survived winter with populations that have increased dramatically. Most of the...
UF/IFAS Researchers are Studying Endophytes in Florida Pasture Grasses
Ann Blount, Sunny Liao, Florencia Marcon and Cheryl Mackowiak, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center “What is an Endophyte and why are they in my grass pastures?” may be a question that cattlemen in Florida have never asked before, but they are starting...
Weed of the Week: Blackberry
Across the southeastern United States, there are several different species of Rubus (Blackberry and Dewberry). Blackberry is a common issue for pasture owners, with it also commonly growing in fence rows, and ditch banks. Lack of management will result in well...
Cost-share Program to Grow Sales through an Export Market
A new program, hosted by the Florida Small Business Development Center (SBDC), is helping local farmers and producers maximize their growth potential through export sales! This program provides a scholarship to qualified recipients, which facilitates the development...
Cotton Marketing News: Changes in the Loan Program and Rate for 2017
Don Shurley, UGA Emeritus Cotton Economist The marketing assistance loan (MAL) is an important tool used by many producers and marketing associations in cotton pricing and risk management. In addition to research and farmer education, I teach courses in commodity...