Friday Feature: Larry McArthur’s 50th Peanut Harvest
This week's featured video was published by Field Rows to highlight the kickoff the peanut harvest season. This year is extra special at McArthur Farms, Malone, Florida, because 2024 is Larry McArthur's 50th year growing peanuts in Jackson County. In the video, Jim...
Cotton Foliar Diseases Are Here: To Spray or Not To Spray?
Ethan Carter, UF/IFAS Regional Row Crop IPM Agent, Ian Small, UF/IFAS Crop Pathologist, and Bob Kemerait UGA Crop Pathologist For cotton growers, market prices have been extremely discouraging. With prices in the 65-70¢ range, it’s hard to justify intensive crop...
Birdshot in Beef: The Hidden Defect
Mark Z. Johnson, Oklahoma State University Extension Beef Cattle Breeding Specialist Birdshot or shotgun shell pellets have been found and reported in the beef supply since the first National Beef Quality Audit in the early 1990s and the incidence of this foreign...
Cotton Marketing News: Cotton Market Searching for the Right Mix
Don Shurley, UGA Emeritus Cotton Economist Over the past 3 months, prices (December futures) have made 4 consecutive lower lows—rallies followed by a subsequent decline to lower than where the market was before the rally. This week, prices pushed, and actually...
Friday Feature – Jackson Laux 8-Year-Old Farming Expert
This week's featured video was a special news story on the NBC Today Show a few months ago. Jackson Laux is an Indiana farm kid that is becoming a social media sensation because of his love for John Deere Tractors and farming. He has soaked up everything his grandad,...
Crop Damage from Deer in the Panhandle
Samantha M. Wisely, Wildlife Extension Specialist, University of Florida White-tailed deer (Figure 1 above) are the most popular game species in Florida, and many Floridians actively promote their presence on their properties. Although wildlife are a valued...
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...