Friday Feature: 1950s Farm Electrification Documentary
2023 has been a hard year for farmers and ranchers in the Panhandle with heat, drought, high-priced inputs, and high interest rates. As this growing season comes to an end, I thought it might help to go back in history to see what farm life was like in the early...
Pregnancy Diagnosis Options for Beef Cattle Herds
Maria Camila Lopez Duarte, PhD Student, Department of Animal Sciences, Kalyn Waters, UF/IFAS Extension Holmes County, Nick Simmons, UF/IFAS Extension Escambia County, & Angela Gonella, Cattle Reproduction Specialist, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education...
Peanut Maturity Update – Fields Progressing SLOWLY as the Season Winds Down
Mark Mauldin, Ag & Natural Resources Agent Washington County, Ethan Carter, Regional Row Crop IPM Agent, I started out the previous peanut maturity update by declaring that we had officially made it to Fall, and in a pleasant change of pace the weather actually...
Utilizing Carinata Meal as a Protein Source for Finishing Beef Cattle without Affecting Performance or Meat Quality
Nicolas DiLorenzo and Tessa Schulmeister, UF/IFAS North Florida Research & Education Center, Marianna Carinata is a novel, non-food oilseed crop, gaining popularity because the oil from the seed can be extracted for use as a 100% drop-in jet biofuel. ...
CWD Update from a Hunter’s Perspective
As hunters we are all concerned and want to understand what is going on with Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). With the cool in the air, hunting season is defiantly on everyone's mind. With that there has been a lot of information that has come out recently to clarify...
September 2023 Weather Summary and 4th Quarter Climate Outlook
Rainfall September was another dry month in the Florida Panhandle. Looking at the map to the left above you see the rainfall ranges estimated by NOAA. There were isolated areas that got ample rainfall in September, ranging from 9.5-11" (purple) to 6.5-8" (green)...
Which is More Profitable for Producers, Single-Species or Multi-Species Cover Crops?
Source: Southern Ag Today - Wednesday, September 27, 2023 Kelvin Bobbie, Seth McAllister, Amanda Smith, and Yangxuan Liu, UGA Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics Interest among producers in adopting cover crops to enhance soil fertility, mitigate...
Friday Feature: What it Takes to Farm Peanuts
October is peanut harvest season, but it is also the month of the Peanut Butter Challenge across Florida. To celebrate the kickoff of the Peanut Butter Challenge, I thought it would be a great time to share this wonderful video published by Georgia Public...
Friendly Citrus Fungus: More than Meets the Eye!
Proper plant disease and insect identification is essential in agriculture production. A prime example that we have seen in North Florida citrus is the presence of “friendly fungi”, an entomopathogenic fungi that attacks citrus whitefly and cloudywinged...
How Can Producers Use the Female Cattle Market to Plan?
Total beef cattle slaughter has declined by 3.5 percent since January, and is forecasted to decline by an additional 2.6 percent by the end of the year. According to the USDA September Livestock Slaughter Report, female slaughter is up from last month by 11.4 percent...