Peanut Maturity Update – Read Before You Dig
The peanut growing season is winding down. In the Peninsular counties, lots of peanuts are already out of the field and here in the Panhandle harvest is coming on fast. The calendar says it's time to dig mid-April planted peanuts, but peanuts don't know how to...
Friday Feature: Evaluating Muscle and Fat Cover for Freezer Beef
This week's featured video was published as part of an Alabama Extension Series to train 4-H members for livestock judging. However, this video provides a really nice visual overview for people interested in producing freezer beef. Whether you raise cattle for your...
Feeding Horses Grazing Bahiagrass Pastures for Maintenance with Minimal or Light Exercise
Carissa Wickens, UF/IFAS Extension Equine Specialist Horses in Florida that live a predominantly sedentary lifestyle are categorized as horses at maintenance (i.e., the physiological state that involves maintaining daily bodily functions such as metabolism...
Is That Bad Patch in My Field Caused by Sting Nematodes?
All growers have them. That patch in a field (or a few fields), that just isn’t quite right. Maybe the plants are just smaller than the rest of the field. Maybe the plants are a little discolored. Or really discolored. Maybe the stand is poor. That bad patch could be...
Pinkeye: A Mechanical Battle
Dealing with pinkeye in cattle is a common and frustrating battle for the cattle industry. While the main issue may seem to be impairment of vision, major financial impact is found in an overall decline in cattle performance. A 1993 study estimated pinkeye costs U.S....
Leaf Spot Look-a-likes: Abiotic Leaf Conditions in Peanut Abound
With 30-40 days still to maturity in most area peanut fields, detection of Early Leaf Spot (ELS) last month in multiple counties set Panhandle peanut growers on their toes - with good reason. Finding ELS before we encounter the Late Leaf Spot (LLS) infections more...
Cool-Season Forages, Cover-Crops, and Wildlife Food Plots
Marcelo Wallau, UF/IFAS Forage Extension Specialist, Clyde Fraisse, UF/IFAS Agrometeorology, Leanne Dillard, Auburn University Forage Extension Specialist, and Henry Jordan, Auburn University Variety Testing Manager Despite the record-high temperatures hitting the...
2023 UF/IFAS Peanut Field Day Highlights & Handouts
- The 2023 UF Peanut Field Day was held Thursday, August 10th at the North Florida Research and Education Center (NFREC) in Marianna. This event focused on peanut production and strived to provide insight on best management strategies for the crop. Specific topics...
Friday Feature: Banamine Pour-on for Fever and Pain Control in Cattle
This past week, at the National County Agricultural Agent Association Conference in Iowa, I attended a training provided by Merck Animal Health where they discussed products that have recently been released by the company. One of the products discussed was Banamine...
Strip-Planting Rhizoma Perennial Peanut into Bahia Pastures – How Well Did it Work Long-Term?
Jose Dubeux, L. Garcia, D. Jaramillo, J. Pereira Neto, K. Trumpp, L. Queiroz, E. Santos, I. Brêtas, M. Bernardini, J. Portuguez, K. Oduor, M. Ruiz-Moreno, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center Introduction Rhizoma perennial peanut (RP) is a...