Weekly Watermelon Update #4 – April 7
Welcome to this week’s issue of our 2024 season UF/IFAS Extension Suwannee Valley Watermelon Crop Update. These updates will be summarized by Bob Hochmuth, Regional Specialized Extension Agent- Vegetable Crops, with input from Suwannee Valley Extension Agents: Mark...
Friday Feature: Honeybee Academy – Is Beekeeping Right for Me? & How much does it cost to get started?
This week's featured videos were published by the UF/IFAS Honeybee Lab to address some common questions that people have about getting started as new beekeepers. They have developed a play list called, Honeybee Academy, which begins with a series of videos aimed at...
The Importance of Pollination for Seedless Watermelons and How to Enhance it
Xavier Martini, UF/IFAS Horticulture Entomologist, Thomson Paris, Postdoctoral Associate, North Florida Research and Education Center, Quincy Watermelon is a popular crop cultivated in the Suwanee Valley and the Florida Panhandle. One of the key aspects for watermelon...
2024 Jefferson County Pasture Walk Recap
UF/IFAS Extension Jefferson County and FAMU Extension held a highly successful Spring Pasture Walk and Talk on March 19th, 2024, at Finlayson Farms. Cattle ranchers, Extension Agents, and researchers from around North Florida attended this event to learn about the...
March 2024 Florida Cattle Market Update – Current and Future Feedlot Inventories
USDA released the latest monthly cattle on feed report on Friday, March 22. There was much anticipation about how much higher February placements would be compared to January placements. February placements (cattle entering the feedlot) were 10% higher than a year ago...
Weekly Watermelon Update #2 & #3 – March 31
Welcome to our 2024 season’s weekly issue of the UF/IFAS Extension Suwannee Valley Watermelon Crop Update. These updates will be summarized by Bob Hochmuth, Regional Specialized Extension Agent- Vegetable Crops, with input from Suwannee Valley Extension Agents: Mark...
Cotton Marketing News – Surprising Acreage Number Could Provide Further Support
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics USDA’s Prospective Plantings report projects that farmers intend to plant 10.67 million acres this year—4.3% more than last year. This is less than expected. Most industry estimates were thinking acreage would...
Friday Feature: How Cotton is Farmed
April is here, so farming in the Panhandle is ramping up steadily. Corn, watermelons, and other vegetables are off and growing, and in the coming weeks cotton and then peanuts will be planted. This week's featured video was published by Georgia Public Broadcasting...
Cashew Nutshell Extract: A Feed Additive with Potential to Reduce Methane Emissions from Cattle
Wilmer Cuervo and Nicolas DiLorenzo, North Florida Research and Education Center - Marianna Beef Cattle Methane Emissions In today's dynamic agricultural landscape, cattle ranchers face a central challenge: how to meet the ever-increasing global demand for beef...
Weekly Watermelon Update #1 – March 17
Welcome to our first 2024 season’s weekly issue of our UF/IFAS Extension Suwannee Valley Watermelon Crop Update. These updates will be summarized by Bob Hochmuth, Regional Specialized Extension Agent- Vegetable Crops, with input from Suwannee Valley Extension Agents:...