New UF/IFAS Forage Team Website
Ashley Kuhn, Communications Coordinator, and Marcelo Wallau, Forage Extension Specialist, UF/IFAS Agronomy Department Have you seen our new and improved UF Forage Team website? We now have a hub for quick and easy access to all things related to forages for...
Winter Pond Management
Typically, when we think of ponds we think of Summertime, a hot sunny day, and a fishing pole. However, as seasons change so should our management mindset to ensure a healthy pond throughout the year. Like our trees that loose their leaves, ponds are also influenced...
2022 Average Farmland Rent and Farm-Worker Wages
Discussions about money can be awkward in almost every type of relationship, but even more so between landowners and farmers, or employers and employees. As we close out 2022, many farmers and landowners have begun discussions about renewing leases and...
Cotton Marketing News: Outlook Update for Old Crop and New Crop Cotton
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics We’ve learned and experienced the evidence of how crop markets, especially cotton it seems, can be impacted by “secondary” factors on the demand side. Factors that one may think have little or nothing to do with...
Friday Feature: Low-Stress Cattle Handling in Cowpens
This week's featured video was produced by Oklahoma State for their SUNUP TV program. Low-stress cattle handling is one of the cornerstone concepts of Beef Quality Assurance (BQA). Handling cattle calmly in small groups reduces bruising and injury of both cattle and...
Nitrogen Calibration Strip – A Tool to Better Manage Mid-Season Nitrogen Fertilization for Cotton Production in Florida
Eeusha Nafi, Sudeep Sidhu, Ted Stansly, Ian Small, Sheeja George, David Wright, Cheryl Mackowiak, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center Libbie Johnson and Ethan Carter discussed cotton nitrogen (N) rate research in the article: May Update on the Cotton...
This Holiday Season Enjoy a Fresh Florida Grown Christmas Tree
This Holiday season stay real and go local with a fresh locally grown tree. It may come as a surprise to many, but Florida has thriving local Christmas tree farms around the state. Just because Florida has a warm climate in the deep south does not mean...
November Weather Summary & Winter Climate Outlook
Rainfall November was yet another dry month for much of the Panhandle. Tropical Storm Nicole and a few cold fronts brought some drought relief to Northwest Florida, but not enough to end the current drought. In the map above to the left you can see that only a small...
Basic Genomic Principles for Beef Cattle
Raluca Mateescu, Associate Professor of Quantitative Genetics & Genomics, UF/IFAS Animal Science Department A primer of genetics and inheritance Use of genomic technologies in the beef industry is rapidly increasing. To understand the value and use...
Input Needed on the Impacts of Wild Hogs and Management Strategies
Hance Ellington, Grazinglands Wildlife Specialist, UF/IFAS Range Cattle Research &Education Center UF/IFAS researchers are currently conducting a survey of Florida landowners/managers seeking to learn more about their thoughts and opinions regarding wild...