Friday Feature: Peterson Brothers’ Crop Dusters
This week's featured video is another of the Peterson Brothers' parody videos. The Peterson Bothers are three Kansas farmers that are telling the world about modern ag with some humor mixed in. In this video, they took the song from the movie Ghost Busters and...
On-Farm Evaluation Trial of Fertilizer Timing and Rate on Cool-Season Forage Varieties
Cool-season forages are widely used in the Florida Panhandle as a supplement for cattle during the fall and winter months. These forages are typically planted from October to December, depending on location and weather, and provide grazable forage from January...
9/10/21 Peanut Update & aGDD Tracker
Mark Mauldin, Ag & Natural Resources Agent Washington County, Dr. Barry Tillman, Peanut Breeder UF/IFAS NFREC, Ethan Carter, Regional Row Crop IPM Agent, De Broughton, Regional Crops Agent, and Camila Ichazo - The peanut crop continues to advance. In the...
Genetic Testing of Beef Cattle for Parentage, Inherited Traits, and Enhanced EPDs
Doug Mayo, Jackson County Extension Director, Felipe Alves, PhD Student, UF Department of Animal Science, Angela Gonella, UF/IFAS Cattle Reproduction Specialist, and Mark Mauldin, Washington County Extension Ag Agent Breeding animal selection has been a passion of...
Cool-Season Forages Kickoff Discussion Video
If you get up early enough and are an optimist, there is a hint of fall in the air, which means if cool-season forages are not on your mind, it's time to make a plan. Recently Kalyn Waters, UF/IFAS Holmes County Director and Dr. Ann Blount, UF/IFAS Extension...
Friday Feature: Farmer Grows Crop Art Tribute to 9/11 20th Anniversary
I have found that farmers, in general, are very patriotic people. This week's featured video showcases the time and expense that one crop farmer made to ensure people all over the US know that farmers have not forgotten 9/11/2001. This weeks featured video was...
Controlling Invasive Cogongrass
Over the last decade or so, the Panhandle has been overrun, and I don’t just mean by the summer beach traffic. Rather, by an aggressive, exotic perennial grass that quickly displaces all native species. Cogongrass is not useful as a forage for wildlife or livestock,...
Nematicide Efficacy for Managing Southern Root-knot Nematodes in Sweetpotato
Dr. Zane Grabau, UF/IFAS Crop Nematology Specialist, Dr. Chang Liu, UF/IFAS Nematology Bioscientist Potato and sweetpotato are important crops in Florida, unfortunately these root crops are susceptible to damage from nematodes, particularly root-knot nematodes (Figure...
August 2021 Weather Summary and Harvest Season Outlook
Rainfall August was yet another wet month this growing season for much of the Panhandle, but not for every county. The map on the left shows that the rainfall totals for August 2021 ranged from 6" to 10", in this region. The map to the right compares the rainfall to...
Pasture, Rangeland, Forage, and Apiculture Crop Insurance Programs – Application Deadline Extended to December 1
Agricultural producers now will have until December 1 to make coverage decisions and complete reporting activities for the Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage Pilot Insurance Program (PRF) and Apiculture Pilot Insurance Program (API). The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s...