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...
Friday Funny Feature: Baxter Black’s The Rooster with Spurs
This week's featured video was published by the National Cattlemen's Beef Association for their TV show Cattlemen to Cattlemen a decade ago, but it is still funny. Baxter passed away three years ago now, but his legacy lives on through YouTube videos. In this video,...
Making the Most of High Cattle Prices – Grow More of Your Own Feed
Back in May, I attended the University of Florida's 74th annual Beef Cattle Short Course, in Gainesville. The theme this year was, "RIDING THE HIGH TIDE - Decision Making in a Record Cattle Market." There were a lot of great speakers that covered a number of...
Grower Survey Insights on Cotton Nitrogen Management in Florida’s Panhandle
Ramdeo "Andy" Seepaul, Ethan Carter, Ian Small, and Cheryl Mackowiak, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center Cotton production in Florida’s Panhandle presents a unique set of challenges: light, sandy soils, variable rainfall, and diverse field conditions....