What’s Eating Your Peanuts – End of July Insect Control Update
Dr. Mark Abney, UGA Extension Crop Entomologist Late July and early August are generally prime time for foliage feeding caterpillars in peanut fields. Caterpillar pressure has been relatively light so far in 2025, but I have gotten a couple reports of fields at or...
July 2025 Florida Cattle Market Update
Mid-Year Review: Inventory, Cattle on Feed, & Expansion Efforts On July 25th, USDA released the July Cattle Inventory Report. This report provides insight into herd numbers and expansion efforts, specifically heifer retention. USDA did not release this report...
Expected Beef Yield from Fed Cattle
Mark Z. Johnson, Oklahoma State University Extension Beef Cattle Breeding Specialist Cattle producers who finish their own calves or consumers who purchase a finished steer often face the question, "How much beef they will take home after the harvest and cutting...
2025 Florida NRCS Program Application Deadline – October 3
The deadline for Florida NRCS (Natural Resources Conservation Service) applications, specifically for Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), is October 3, 2025, for the Fiscal Year 2026 funding cycle. While...
Friday Feature: Replacement Heifer Development 101
This week's featured video was published by Angus TV. The video features an interview of Dr. Patsy Houghton, who started Heartland Cattle Company, McCook Nebraska, which focuses solely on developing and breeding replacement heifers as a service for ranches across the...
Field Days are for Education – Recap of the WFREC 2025 Corn & Soybean Field Day
Field days are meant for education. They were designed to demonstrate experiments and techniques. They are interactive and also allow for a lot of networking. On July 22, UF/IFAS Extension hosted a Corn & Soybean Field Day, at the West Florida Research and...
2025 Planted Peanut Acres Hits 34 Year High
Wendiam Sawadgo - Southern Ag Today -7/21/25 Farmers across the United States planted an estimated 1.9 million acres of peanuts in 2025, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Acreage report released on June 30th. If realized, this would mark a 100,000...
Salt for Horses: A Simple Solution to Summer Health Support
Brett Capra, University of Florida, Senior in Animal Sciences & UF/IFAS Extension Intern with Kalyn Waters, UF/IFAS Extension Holmes County, and Carissa Wickens, UF/IFAS Horse Extension Specialist When it’s hot outside, horses will sweat a lot to help keep cool....
Cotton Marketing News: Prices Continue Rangebound
Don Shurley, UGA Emeritus Cotton Economist Cotton prices (December 2025 futures) continue in the mostly 67¢ to 71¢ range. Thus far, nothing has been able to push prices higher for the past 7 months. We’ve had a few dips below this range, but prices recovered...
Bob Hochmuth Inducted into National County Agent Hall of Fame
Megan Winslow, Public Relations Specialist, UF/IFAS Communications Bob Hochmuth, Live Oak, Florida, grew up on a 1,000-acre vegetable farm on Maryland’s eastern shore. As a child, he watched his father and two uncles manage the farm, and the three men were always...