Friday Feature: The History of Bobcat Loaders
This week's featured video was published by Prairie Public Television to share the history of the Bobcat Loader. Two ingenious brothers, Cyril and Louis Keller, grew up on a dairy farm in Minnesota. Their father usually repaired broken machinery parts rather than...
Cotton Nitrogen Fertilization Rate Study 2023 Mid-Season Update
Madelyn Grant, Escambia County Extension, Ethan Carter, Regional Row Crop IPM Agent, and Hardeep Singh, UF Cropping Systems Specialist University of Florida researchers are now a year and a half into the nitrogen rate study to evaluate Florida’s nitrogen...
Friday Feature: Visualizing Development of the Bovine Embryo
This week's featured video was published by the University of Florida's Animal Science Department to share time-lapse video of early development of a bovine embryo. Researchers at the University of Florida are studying embryo development to learn ways to reduce...
Will 2023 be a Repeat of the Peanut TSWV of 2022?
Last year, the peanut crop in some areas suffered more losses from tomato spotted wilt than in recent memory. If the disease pressure at the NFREC-Marianna in April-planted peanuts is an indication, there is likely to be more spotted wilt in 2023 too....
Florida Farm TEAM Card for Agriculture Sales Tax Exemption
On July 1, 2023, Senate Bill 1164 / House Bill 1279 became law as Florida Chapter 2023-154. This bill covered a range of items that the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) will regulate. One key part of this bill was the creation...
June 2023 Weather Summary and 3-Month Outlook
Rainfall June 2023 provided ample rainfall for much of the Panhandle, but it was not at all uniform. The map to the left provides estimated ranges of rainfall for the state of Florida in June. For the Panhandle, the area in yellow ranged from 4-6", much of the...
Friday Feature: Haygain Hay Steamer for Horses
This week's featured video was produced by Haygain Hay Steamers to introduce their product line. Many horses, especially older ones, suffer from respiratory issues. According to Haygain, steaming hay prior to feeding can reduce up to 99% of the respirable particles...
Nitrogen Fertilization of Perennial Summer Grasses
Cheryl Mackowiak, UF/IFAS Forage Soil Scientist, NFREC Quincy If you need greater grass production, now is the time to maximize your results! Due to our southern grass' response to long days, we typically achieve the most growth from June through early August....
Steps to Remedy Non-Productive Pecan Orchards
Pecans have long been an important and high-value agricultural crop, and that hasn’t changed as we progress through the 21st century. Pecans are native to the USA and Mexico, with their natural habitat being riverbanks and floodplains west of the Mississippi River...
Protect Your Honeybees from Undesirable Plants
Today, it seems more and more of a struggle to keep hives healthy. Diseases, parasites, exposure to pesticides, and even bear encounters are just some of the issues that beekeepers seem to constantly battle. You can add undesirable plants to that list, as well. Yes,...