Cotton Marketing News: Outlook Update for Old Crop and New Crop Cotton
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics We’ve learned and experienced the evidence of how crop markets, especially cotton it seems, can be impacted by “secondary” factors on the demand side. Factors that one may think have little or nothing to do with...
Friday Feature: Low-Stress Cattle Handling in Cowpens
This week's featured video was produced by Oklahoma State for their SUNUP TV program. Low-stress cattle handling is one of the cornerstone concepts of Beef Quality Assurance (BQA). Handling cattle calmly in small groups reduces bruising and injury of both cattle and...
Nitrogen Calibration Strip – A Tool to Better Manage Mid-Season Nitrogen Fertilization for Cotton Production in Florida
Eeusha Nafi, Sudeep Sidhu, Ted Stansly, Ian Small, Sheeja George, David Wright, Cheryl Mackowiak, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center Libbie Johnson and Ethan Carter discussed cotton nitrogen (N) rate research in the article: May Update on the Cotton...
This Holiday Season Enjoy a Fresh Florida Grown Christmas Tree
This Holiday season stay real and go local with a fresh locally grown tree. It may come as a surprise to many, but Florida has thriving local Christmas tree farms around the state. Just because Florida has a warm climate in the deep south does not mean...
November Weather Summary & Winter Climate Outlook
Rainfall November was yet another dry month for much of the Panhandle. Tropical Storm Nicole and a few cold fronts brought some drought relief to Northwest Florida, but not enough to end the current drought. In the map above to the left you can see that only a small...
Basic Genomic Principles for Beef Cattle
Raluca Mateescu, Associate Professor of Quantitative Genetics & Genomics, UF/IFAS Animal Science Department A primer of genetics and inheritance Use of genomic technologies in the beef industry is rapidly increasing. To understand the value and use...
Input Needed on the Impacts of Wild Hogs and Management Strategies
Hance Ellington, Grazinglands Wildlife Specialist, UF/IFAS Range Cattle Research &Education Center UF/IFAS researchers are currently conducting a survey of Florida landowners/managers seeking to learn more about their thoughts and opinions regarding wild...
Friday Feature: The Hay Knife for Removing Net Wrap Before Feeding
This week's featured video was published by Sloan Express to introduce a neat tool/gadget for hay feeding. The Hay Knife features a razor blade on a 29" handle for cutting twine, mesh, plastic wrap or silage bags, and also includes a hook to quickly remove it from a...
Navigating A Particularly Challenging Winter Feeding Season
There’s a perfect storm of sorts developing , so cattle producers throughout the Panhandle need to be prepared to weather it. Thankfully, the storm taking shape is not a tropical system spinning up in the Gulf, this storm relates to the mounting challenges...
It Finally Rained a Little – Should You Plant Cover Crops?
These past few months have been very dry. Perfect weather for harvesting cotton, but not so great for planting cool-season crops. Many have been waiting for the weather to break to get sufficient soil moisture to plant. I have received a number of calls about...