

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...

Cotton Marketing News: More on Old Crop and New Crop Situation and Outlook
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics 2022 (Old crop), March futures are currently in the neighborhood of 82¢/lb. and continue in a pretty much sideways pattern mostly between 80 and 86¢. The more optimistic upside appears to be at 90¢. I’d put the...

Friday Feature: Farm Bureau’s 2023 Farm Dog of the Year
American Farm Bureau held their national conference recently in Puerto Rico. One of the recognitions shared at the event was the 2023 Farm Dog of the year. This year a Kansas farm dog named Tough was selected for this honor. Watch the video to hear Tough's story....

Utilizing Winter Forage Blends for Insurance Against Climate Chaos
Cheryl Mackowiak, Soil Scientist, UF/IFAS North Florid Research and Education Center What do you get when you follow a mild la Niña fall with a subfreezing, multi-day cold snap in Florida? You get Climate Chaos with a lot of winter forage damage and unhappy livestock....

Impacts of the Christmas Freeze on Forages – What Happened and What to Do Now
By: Dr. Marcelo Wallau, UF/IFAS Extension Forage Specialist; Mark Mauldin, UF/IFAS Extension Washington County; Dr. Ali Babar, Associate Professor UF/IFAS Agronomy Department Cool-season annual forages are widely used in North Florida grazing systems. Florida’s...

2022 Weather Summary and 1st Quarter Outlook
Rainfall 2022 was a unique weather year in the Panhandle. After several wetter than normal years, the end of 2022 got significantly drier than it has been in recent years. The map above shows the comparison of actual rainfall estimates with historic average in...