Peanut Maturity & Pest Update – 8/15/24
Ethan Carter, UF/IFAS Extension Regional Row Crop IPM Agent & Mark Mauldin, UF/IFAS Extension Washington County Maturity Update The Tracker below shows the number of adjusted Growing Degree Days (aGDDs) accumulated by 80 fictional fields (8 locations x 10...
Changes in the Average Age of Farmers in Southern States from 2017 to 2022
Source: Menard, R. James, University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture. Changes in Average Age of Producers in Southern States, 2017 and 2022. Southern Ag Today 4(32.5). August 9, 2024 USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service’s (NASS) Census of...
Friday Feature: The Six Generation Legacy of RA Brown Ranch
The National Association of County Agricultural Agents (NACAA) held their annual professional improvement conference in Dallas, Texas in July 2024. On a tour of some of Texas' best livestock operations, I had the privilege of visiting RA Brown Ranch and meeting...
A Review of Dry Matter vs. As Fed in Forages and Feed Supplements
It is very hot in the Florida Panhandle right now, but fall is coming. As fall creeps in, cattle producers will face the need to supplement their herds, so for most of us that means buying hay and other feeds, so let’s talk about the difference in dry matter...
What is the Most Cost-Effective Nematicide for Managing Sting Nematode in Potato?
Sting nematode is a common problem in Florida’s potato growing regions—mainly Northeast Florida, but also the Suwannee Valley and throughout Peninsular Florida. Left untreated, this nematode causes severe damage to potato as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2. Fumigation...
July 2024 Weather Summary and 3-Month Outlook
Rainfall July 2024 was a mix of drought ending rainfall with high temperatures in between thunderstorms in the Florida Panhandle. The map above to the left showed that estimated July rainfall in the Panhandle ranged from 5-6.5" (light green), 6.5-8"(green), 8-9.5"...
Two Scenarios for U.S. Beef Herd Expansion: Slow and Even Slower
Source: Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist, Oklahoma Cow-Calf Corner Newsletter, August 5, 2024 Coming into 2024, the beef cow herd is at a 63-year low – the smallest beef cow inventory since 1961. This has pushed...
Cotton Marketing News: Current Cotton Outlook
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Source: Text from presentation on the Here We Grow podcast,, Southwest Georgia Farm Credit, Episode #29, forthcoming, taped Aug 7, 2024. There’s no doubt and everyone knows that cotton prices have been...
Friday Feature: History of the Fort Worth Stockyards
This week's featured video was an episode of Red Stegall's Somewhere West of Wall Street, which aired on RFD TV before being uploaded to YouTube. This video shares the rich history of Fort Worth, Texas, also known as "Cow Town." After the Civil War, Texans returned...
Be on the Lookout for White Mold in Peanuts
In scouting peanut fields over the last week, things mostly look good! Fields have recovered from an excessively hot, dry June, plants have lapped, or nearly lapped the row middles, and weeds are mostly cleaned up. However, of immediate concern is the emergence of...