Pruning Blueberries to Boost Fruit Production
De’Anthony Price, UF/IFAS Extension Jefferson County, Ag & Natural Resources Agent Pruning is known to be a beneficial cultural practice for blueberry production. Pruning requires skills, and growers typically create their signature technique, which may differ...
Friday Funny Feature: Premature Electrification
Super Bowl LVII was a fantastic football game, but if you are not a big NFL Football fan and tuned in just to watch the commercials and halftime show, like some of my family did, the advertisements were not that entertaining this year. There was one very clever and...
How Effective are New Resistant Cotton Cultivars at Managing Reniform Nematodes?
Just as they are in most Florida crops, nematodes are a major pest of cotton. Southern root-knot nematode and reniform nematode are the primary issues. Starting with the 2021 growing season, new tools to manage these nematodes became available: cultivars designated as...
Tips to Protect Young Hardwood Trees from Deer Damage
Planting a variety of mast-producing hardwood trees on your property can enhance its wildlife attracting and holding abilities. These trees (oaks, chestnuts, pears, persimmons, etc.) provide many benefits, from creating an excellent location to view deer, turkeys,...
Friday Feature: Autonomous Irrigation Unit for Row Crops
This week's featured video shares an innovation for crop irrigation. Rain 360 is an autonomous (self-driving) irrigation unit that can apply up to 1/2" of water per week in a 160-acre field, 3/4" per week in a 100-acre field, or 1" per week in a 80-acre field. The...
The Impact of Bottle Teats in Beef Cows
Udder quality is a trait that most cattlemen focus on. It is well known that “bad bags” or swollen udders can cause havoc during calving season. But are those less than perfect udders more than just an eye sore? Does a bad quarter or big teat cause performance issues...
Respond to the 2023 American Horse Council Economic Impact Study Survey
Saundra TenBroeck, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Florida The American Horse Council (AHC) is a national association representing every segment of the equine industry in Washington, DC. Every five years they conduct a National Economic Impact Study...
ThryvOn Cotton Commercially Available in 2023
Dr. Scott Graham and Dr. Ron Smith, Auburn Entomologists in "February 16, 2023 Cotton Shorts" The new cotton technology expressing the Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) protein Cry51Aa2, referred to as “ThryvOn” and developed by Bayer CropScience, will be commercially...
2023 Beef Cattle Conference Highlights and Presentation Links
The 2023 Northwest Florida Beef Cattle Conference & Trade Show was held in Marianna, Florida on February 8th. There were five educational presentations and a trade show with 25 booths with representatives who provided information about products and...
Cotton Marketing News: Connecting the Dots with Old Crop and New Crop
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Prices Old crop March futures remain in the now 3-month-old range of mostly 80 to 88 cents. Prices recently seem to have “settled” or “diverged” to 85 to 86 cents. Such a long-standing parallel movement...