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![Friday Feature: Agriculture’s Sustainability Story: “It’s Just What We Do”](https://nwdistrict.ifas.ufl.edu/phag/files/2022/01/Grass-filter-strip-on-farm-1080x648.png)
Friday Feature: Agriculture’s Sustainability Story: “It’s Just What We Do”
This week's featured video was produced by American Farm Bureau to share the stories of three farm families who love the land and are doing everything they know to do to preserve their farm for future generations. Sustainability has become a buzzword in agriculture,...
![New UF/IFAS FloRun T61 Peanut Variety Shows Real Promise](https://nwdistrict.ifas.ufl.edu/phag/files/2022/01/Tillman-FloRun-T61-peanut-after-digging-1080x675.png)
New UF/IFAS FloRun T61 Peanut Variety Shows Real Promise
Dr. Barry Tillman, UF/IFAS Peanut Breeder, North Florida Research and Education Center - Marianna The University of Florida Peanut Breeding Program has developed a new runner type peanut variety named FloRunTM ‘T61’. The new variety is still in the seed...
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Keeping Your Hives Healthy Will Payoff When the Main Honey Flow Arrives
Don’t look now, but the “main flow” of honey is right around the corner. It’s time now to prepare by turning your attention to hive maintenance. In January and February, be sure to check your hives periodically to see if supplemental feeding is required. Colonies tend...
![Cotton Marketing News: A Lot to Think About – Both Old Crop and New Crop Set New Highs](https://nwdistrict.ifas.ufl.edu/phag/files/2022/01/Shurley-defoliated-cotton.jpg)
Cotton Marketing News: A Lot to Think About – Both Old Crop and New Crop Set New Highs
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics It’s been a very wild last three weeks. Prices have suddenly found new optimism and bullish momentum. To be frankly honest, few could have seen this coming. Now, few can know how far this will go. There are...
![Friday Feature: Florida Dog wins 2022 Farm Dog of the Year](https://nwdistrict.ifas.ufl.edu/phag/files/2022/01/Fit-2022-Farm-Dog-of-the-Year-1080x675.png)
Friday Feature: Florida Dog wins 2022 Farm Dog of the Year
The 2022 Farm Dog of the Year was recognized recently at American Farm Bureau Federation's Convention. A panel of judges reviewed more than 100 nominations to select the 2022 Farm Dog of the Year. Judging criteria included the dog’s helpfulness to the farmer and her...
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Strategies to Manage Cost of Production in Pasture Systems
Dr. Marcelo Wallau, UF/IFAS Extension Forage Specialist, Mark Mauldin, UF/IFAS Extension Agent Washington County The recurrent theme of recent conversations with extension colleagues and producers is the great concern over the cost of production in 2022. Prices of...
![Keeping Pasture Weeds Under Control](https://nwdistrict.ifas.ufl.edu/phag/files/2022/01/Tropical-Soda-Apple-e1642107486728-1080x675.jpg)
Keeping Pasture Weeds Under Control
A theme I have seen this past year is pasture weeds becoming a major nuisance for landowners and cattlemen. Weeds don’t just reach a threshold overnight, there is a time we can make an impact without breaking the farm budget. However, many times pasture weeds have...
![Performance of New Cotton Cultivars Resistant to Reniform and Root-knot Nematode in 2021 Trials](https://nwdistrict.ifas.ufl.edu/phag/files/2022/01/Fig3-NCC21-74DAP-1080x675.jpg)
Performance of New Cotton Cultivars Resistant to Reniform and Root-knot Nematode in 2021 Trials
Over the past few years, there have been intriguing new developments for nematode management in cotton. Reniform nematode and southern root-knot nematode are the major nematode pests of cotton in Florida and the Southeast. Nematode management typically relies on a...
![What’s All the Buzz about COVID in Deer?](https://nwdistrict.ifas.ufl.edu/phag/files/2022/01/Wisely-tagged-deer.png)
What’s All the Buzz about COVID in Deer?
Samantha M. Wisely, Extension Specialist for Wildlife Diseases, University of Florida - What are SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19? Sudden acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, or SARS-CoV-2, is the virus responsible for the global pandemic that began in late 2019. While...
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2021 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 2021. Keep sharing those emails, posts, and tweets to help us spread the word, so more farmer4s and ranchers...