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...
Land Management to Enhance Wild Turkey in the Panhandle
Many of us are still surprised when a wild turkey is beside the road or off in a distant field. It is a wonderful sight to see a flock of turkeys slowly working their way across an open expanse. Most often what you see are hens and juveniles. Poults are young ones...
CalfDex: A Free Basic Record App for Cow-Calf Producers
Audrey Marchek, Ted Schroeder, Robert Larson, and Jake Hefley, Kansas State University In December 2022, the framework design for CalfDex, a newly available animal data recording tool, was completed. Developers of CalfDex are now in the process of finalizing...
Friday Feature: Harvesting Timber on Your Property – What You Need to Know
This week's featured video was published by the Texas A&M Forest Service. Jason Jones, Texas A&M Forest Service, provides an overview of timber harvest on your property. He recommends working with a consulting forester to coordinate the details of timber...
9/22/23 Peanut Maturity Update – The End is Near
We've made it to Fall and pleasant surprise, it actually feels fall-like outside (at least by Florida standards). As you would expect, with us moving into Fall we are seeing the peanut growing season really starting to wind down. Unfortunately, the hand that...