Growing Native Yaupons for Tea Leaf Harvest
Yaupon holly (Ilex spp.) are native plants to that grow very well and abundantly in Florida soils. Yaupon is a very old plant that historically has been used as an important food source, medicine, and even used as a ceremonial item by Timucua Indigenous groups for...
Four Florida Farms Recognized for Hay Quality in the Southeastern Hay Contest
Lisa Baxter (UGA), Leanne Dillard (AU), Katie Payne (VT), Marcelo Wallau (UF), and Uttam Saha (UGA) The Southeastern Hay Contest (SEHC) proudly recognizes forage producers who grow and harvest high quality hay and baleage. Although we are all growing weary of...
Friday Feature: Jerry Dakin – Florida Farmer of the Year
This week's featured video was produced by Florida Farm Bureau to share the story of Jerry Dakin, Dakin Diary Farms who was selected as Florida's entry to compete in the Sunbelt Ag Expo's Swisher Sweet Farmer of the Year recognition. Dakin was one of 11 farmers who...
Estrus Pre-Synchronization, Synchronization, or Re-Synchronization Programs for Beef Cattle Operations
Dr. Angela Gonella, UF/IFAS Cattle Reproduction Specialist, North Florida Research and Education Center, and Dr. Thiago Martins, Mississippi Cattle Reproduction Specialist, Brown Loam Research Station The adoption of estrous synchronization programs for beef...
Mole Crickets Causing Issues in Pastures this Year
Isaac Esquivel, Field & Forage Crop Entomologist, North Florida Research and Education Center, and Marcello Wallau, Forage Extension Specialist, UF/IFAS Agronomy Department Dr. Wallau and I have been getting quite a few calls the past couple of weeks about mole...
Oriental Persimmon – An Alternative Crop for the Back Forty
Fall is upon us, football is in full swing, and persimmons are ripe on the trees. (That is if you can beat the birds and deer to them.) Persimmons may be a bad memory for some people, because they've only ate the astringent American persimmon, Diospyros virginiana. ...
Friday Feature: McArthur Farms’ 2022 Peanut Harvest
This week's video was produced by Jim MacArthur, McArthur Farms, Malone, Florida, for his Field Rows YouTube Channel. This video shows the farm crew in action during the height of the 2022 peanut harvest season. With his video camera and drone, Jim shows all of the...
Natural Disasters Increase Risk of Infectious Diseases for Horses
Horse owners in Florida are well-accustomed to the process of cleaning up after a hurricane. Debris removal, fence and building repairs, and reestablishing the daily routine are all part of the return to normalcy. While this process may feel familiar to any horse...
September 2022 Weather Summary and Last Quarter Outlook
Rainfall September was a dry month for much of the Panhandle. The map to the left above shows estimated rainfall in September across Florida. In the Panhandle, you can see that only a narrow band along the Gulf Coast received over 6" (green & blue). Most of the...
Benefits of a Forestry Consultant
Stephen Greer, County Extension Director, UF/IFAS Extension Santa Rosa Forest landowners can use the services of a professional consulting forester in several ways. The use of a consulting forester can be justified by the timber stand's corresponding...