Friday Feature: Five Rivers Feedyard
This week's featured video was published by Cattlemen to Cattlemen to highlight the world's largest cattle feeding operation, Five Rivers Feedyards. Five Rivers puts a great deal of emphasis on ensuring that animals are healthy and well cared for. Every employee is...
Targeted Nutrient Management for Fruits and Vegetables
Many fruit and vegetable crops are grown using drip irrigation thus making fertigation an efficient way to supply necessary nutrients to crops. To know what nutrients are needed, we must test the soil, leaves and/or petioles. Pre-season soil tests are a must! ...
US Cattle Inventory Down 3% – Anticipated Impact on Cow-Calf Producers in 2023
USDA’s National Agricultural Statistic Service (NASS) released the January 1 Cattle Inventory Report on January 31, 2023. NASS estimates the national cattle inventory twice per year, on January 1 and July 1. These reports can be a little confusing, as the year...
Friday Feature: Manure Scoring for Managing Cattle Nutrition
Thanks to Nick Simmons, Escambia County Extension, for sending in this week's featured video to share. In the video, "The Feed Man" Micah Thomas, Purina Animal Nutrition, shares some important observations that can be made from evaluating the shape and fiber content...
Utilize Regional Cotton Variety Trial Summaries to Aid in 2023 Variety Selection
- In last week's Cotton Marketing News, we learned more about the seemingly consistent low price of cotton brought on largely by decreased demand. Even with that being the case, cotton is part of the standard crop rotation for many growers in the Panhandle and...
Is Marbling Score the Best Indicator of Beef Quality?
Raluca Mateescu & Jessica Czipulis, UF/IFAS Animal Science Department The strength shown by the high-quality branded beef market in the last few years confirms that a sizable proportion of consumers are willing to pay for assured quality, i.e., tender, flavorful,...
2022 Panhandle Ag e-News Reader’s Choice Awards
The Panhandle Ag Extension Team would like to thank our email subscribers and social media followers for your interest and support of Panhandle Ag e-News in 2022. Keep sharing those emails, posts, and tweets to help us spread the word, so more farmers and ranchers...
Friday Feature: What Causes Weather?
Farmers and ranchers, people who work outdoors, and people who enjoy outdoor recreation all constantly seek information about weather. All of these people are regular users of TV weather forecasts and apps on smart phones that provide daily updates of the most...
Deciding What to Do in 2023? Consider Diversification
The holiday season is over, family and friends have gone back home, the holiday decorations have been put away. College football crowned a new champion and a new farming year has begun. Planting season is coming fast, but January is what I call, "Decision Season." ...
New Peanut Variety Released by the University of Florida – FloRun ‘52N’
A new peanut variety has been released by the University of Florida, North Florida Research and Education Center. FloRunTM ‘52N’ was released on January 19, 2023 and represents the first normal oleic cultivar released by the UF/IFAS peanut breeding program in over 10...