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...
Paying Attention to What Comes Out: Forage Transitions and Free Fecal Water Syndrome in Horses
Carissa Wickens, Associate Professor and Equine Extension Specialist, University of Florida Animal Science Department Monitoring your horse’s normal defecation frequency, and the color and consistency of their manure is an important aspect of equine health management...
2024 Cool-Season Forage Variety Recommendations
Marcelo Wallau, Maria Elena Mailhos, UF/IFAS Agronomy Department Forage Team, Cheryl Mackowiak, UF/IFAS NFREC Soils Scientist, and Diwakar Vyas, UF/IFAS Animal Sciences Ruminant Nutritionist It is about time to start thinking about cool-season forages. To help our...
Investigation 97L Expected to Become Named Storm and Affect the Southeast in the Next Week
Pam Knox, Director of the UGA Weather Network and Agricultural Climatologist As expected, the disorganized mass of thunderstorms that recently developed in the Atlantic is becoming more organized and has been designated as Investigation 97L (likely to be called...
2024-25 Deer Hunting Regulations in the Panhandle – Check Before You Hunt
All graphics and information included are courtesy of myfwc.com. Here in the Panhandle (FWC Zone D), we are just under three months away from the October 26 opening day of archery season. As we move through summer and into the home stretch of hunting season...