Friday Feature: Clarkson’s Farm Season 2 Trailer
This week's featured video is the official trailer for season 2 of Clarkson's Farm. Jeremy Clarkson is a famous British television personality who bought a farm in Cotswold, England and created a reality TV show available on Amazon Prime. In the second season,...
Is a Year-Round Grazing System Feasible in North Florida?
Jose Dubeux, L. Queiroz, D. Jaramillo, L. Garcia, E. Santos, I. Bretas, M. Bernardini, K.R. Trumpp, J. Portuguez, H. Koury, K. Oduor, M. Ruiz-Moreno, North Florida Research and Educaiton Center - Maraianna Introduction Is it possible to graze livestock on...
Show Your Love for Potatoes: Plant Them this Valentine’s Day
Growing Potatoes It is almost Valentine’s Day, and that means it is potato planting season. Although potatoes are susceptible to frost and freeze damage, hot weather makes them vulnerable to pests and disease, so it is best to take your chances and plant them...
Panhandle Corn & Soybean Update – Presentation Links
The second annual Panhandle Corn & Soybean Update took place in Chipley last Friday. The event was a great success, with standing room only in the classroom. Attendees received updates on: 1) Weed, 2) Insect, 3) Disease, and 4) Fertility management strategies in...
New Online Forest Landowner Academy Now Open for Enrollment
Chris Demers and Dr. Michael Andreu, UF/IFAS School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences The Forest Landowner Academy is the first of its kind to be offered by the UF/IFAS School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences (SFFGS), through the UF/IFAS...
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...