April 2024 Florida Cattle Market Update
Feedlot Happenings, Carcass Weights, & Beef Supply It is no secret that supply of beef feeder cattle is low and is expected to be lower in the future, due to the beef cow herd being the lowest it has been in 63 years, with little signs that expansion has started....
Weekly Watermelon Update #7 – April 29
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...
Nominations Open for 2025 Farm Bureau Farm Dog of the Year Contest
Farmers are invited to submit nominations for the 2025 Farm Bureau Farm Dog of the Year contest, which comes with cash prizes and bragging rights. This is the seventh year of the contest, supported by Nestlé Purina PetCare, which celebrates farm dogs and the...
Friday Feature: Capitalizing on Good Cow-Calf Management
This week's featured video was published by SUNUPTV for Oklahoma Public Television from the Cow-calf Corner segment of their TV show last week. In this video, Mark Johnson, Oklahoma Extension Beef Cattle Specialist, discusses opportunities in the 2024 calf market to...
Early Season Thoughts for Cotton and Peanut Insect Pest Management 2024
As the cotton and peanut season begins across the Panhandle, I want to bring a few things to your attention regarding early insect pests this season. Our biggest questions regarding early-season cotton are: 1) What does the thrips situation look like? and 2)...
2024 Update on Cold Hardy Citrus
In North Florida and South Georgia, there has been a growth in citrus production due to the relatively mild winters, advances in freeze protection, and cold hardy citrus varieties. In addition to this, there is a relatively low incidence of the citrus greening...
1st Quarter 2024 Weather Summary & Planting Season Outlook
How did El Niño effect the Cool-Season of 2023-24? At the end of 2023, there was much discussion of a strong El Niño and the affect it might have on the climate this cool-season (November-March) in Florida. We certainly had more rain than last winter, but it was...
Weekly Watermelon Update #6 – April 22
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: Peanut Season Kicks Off at McArthur Farms
This week's featured video was published on the Field Rows YouTube Channel to share the highlights of the opening day of peanut planting season at McArthur Farms, near Malone, Florida (Jackson County). Jim McArthur has regular content on this channel to share the...
Improve Your Pasture Management this Spring
Below is a pared down version of an article I wrote for the January issue of the Florida Cattleman and Livestock Journal. I also addressed these topics in a presentation I gave along the same lines at the NW FL Beef Cattle Conference in February. Both the writing of...