April 2023 Weather Summary and Summer Outlook
Rainfall While April rains brought drought relief to the Central Panhandle, they were not at all uniform across North Florida. The map to the left above shows the estimated rainfall throughout the state in April. There were a few areas in the Panhandle with only...
2023 Watermelon Weekly Update # 8 & 9
Bob Hochmuth, Regional Specialized Extension Agent- Vegetable Crops – Before being combined, original articles were published May 7 & 15, 2023 Welcome to the 2023 growing season, weekly issue of the UF/IFAS Extension Suwannee Valley Watermelon Crop Update. These...
Cotton Marketing News: Prices Keep Knocking on the Door of 85 Cents
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Since plummeting to the low 70’s last Fall, new crop December 23 futures have been on a roller-coaster, up then down then up again to near 86 cents by the end of January. December 23 futures have since teetered...
Big Melon Contest at the Panhandle Watermelon Festival Open to All Growers – Entries Accepted June 20-22
Calling all watermelon producers, either commercial growers or hard-core gardeners. It’s almost time to enter your finest melons in the Big Melon Contest at the Panhandle Watermelon Festival. The festival and the contest have been summer-time staples in the...
Friday Feature: Guardian SC1 Autonomous Drone for Commercial Crop Spraying
This week's featured video was published by Farm Innovations to share the story of the Guardian SC1, which is an autonomous drone for crop spraying. The Guardian SC1 is a large, 12' x 12' fully electric drone that uses GPS guidance to spray with a 20 foot swath,...
Corneal Ulcers in Horses: The Importance of Keeping an Eye on Your Horse’s Eyes
The cornea of the eye is the outside cellular layer of the eyeball, which functions as a protective barrier, and helps focus light on the retina located at the back of the horse’s eye. A corneal ulcer is defined as a lesion in which the outer layer (epithelium) and...
Thrips and Peanut TSWV Management Reminders for 2023
Mark Abney, UGA Peanut Entomologist – Published April 26, 2023 Peanut planting time has arrived and that means thrips season is here as well. Many of the decisions a peanut grower makes at planting will affect the risk of thrips infestation and the risk of...
Climate Outlook for the 2023 Growing Season and Winter 2023-2024
Pam Knox, Director of the UGA Weather Network and Agricultural Climatologist While we had an early start to the growing season, it was followed by colder conditions in March that slowed things down quite a bit. Since that time, we have seen periods of very warm...
2023 Watermelon Weekly Update #7
Bob Hochmuth, Regional Specialized Extension Agent- Vegetable Crops – Published April 30, 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...
2023 Southeastern Hay Contest
Source: Sunbelt Ag Expo We are excited to welcome back the Southeastern Hay Contest to the Sunbelt Ag Expo this fall. Since 2004, the Southeastern Hay Contest has kept hay growers striving to be the best. One of the largest attendee groups at Expo is made up of those...