Utilizing Cover Crops and No-Till Planting in Row Crop Production Systems
Florida Best Management Practice (BMP) programs have increased use of cover crop technologies in the Florida Panhandle. Winter cover crops are crops planted in late summer or early fall to provide winter soil protection and ground cover or green manuring for...
Reforesting This Year? Get Your Plan Together and Orders in Now
It may seem a bit early in the year to be ordering pine seedlings and getting planting crews booked for this winter planting season, but now is the time. If you plan to do reforestation and tree planting this fall and winter season, you need to get your plans together...
2023 Watermelon Weekly Update #11
Bob Hochmuth, Regional Specialized Extension Agent- Vegetable Crops – published May 29, 2023 Welcome to the 2023 growing season, weekly issue of the UF/IFAS Extension Suwannee Valley Watermelon Crop Update. These updates are summarized by Bob Hochmuth, Regional...
Friday Feature: Automated Laser Bird Deterrent
This week's featured video was published by the Bird Control Group to highlight the Avix Autonomic laser bird deterrent. The laser is programmed to continuously move in an area and scare off but not harm wild birds. They also sell a manual, hand held model that can...
Early Season Pest Update for Cotton and Peanut
We are now a few weeks into the cotton and peanut season, with some farmers having already planted their crops. Others are currently in the process of planting, and some are yet to begin behind small grains. While recent rain has caused setbacks for a few, it has also...
What is Solar Grazing? Could this Be an Opportunity in the Panhandle?
By now you may have heard the term “solar grazing” or “agrivoltaics”, but may not understand what the terms mean. Solar grazing and agrivoltaics are both terms used to describe a new trend for small ruminants that is making its way around the county. Simply...
2023 Watermelon Weekly Update #10
Bob Hochmuth, Regional Specialized Extension Agent- Vegetable Crops – published May 22, 2023 Welcome to the 2023 growing season, weekly issue of the UF/IFAS Extension Suwannee Valley Watermelon Crop Update. These updates are summarized by Bob Hochmuth, Regional...
Friday Feature: Ukrainian Farmers Remove Land Mines with Remote Control Tractor
This week's featured video was published by Reuters News Service to share the story of innovative farmers in Ukraine. Russian troops mined farm fields, so Oleksandr Kryvtsov used armor from damaged and abandoned Russian tanks to build a mine remover attachment for...
The Lowdown on Belowground – Pasture Grass Roots
Perennial warm-season pasture grasses make up the base for cattle production throughout the Southeast. Through their productivity, these forages support a wide swathe of agricultural industry. We can observe their production in the number of rolls of hay coming off a...
Identifying and Managing Corn Leaf Blights
Blights, spots and rusts; oh my! It is getting to that time of year when we start to see diseases showing up in corn and begin to wonder if we should spray a fungicide or not. Southern rust is an explosive and damaging corn disease in which fungicide applications can...