Cotton Marketing News: Maybe Not a Red Flag, but Possible Caution Flags Ahead
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics A positive spin on things first. 2021 appears to be shaping up as one of those rare and blessed years where most producers will enjoy both a good crop and a good price. It doesn’t happen often. Prices...
Friday Funny Feature: Baxter Black’s Cow Stupidity
Baxter Black is a veterinarian who became famous for his humorous cowboy poetry. He certainly has a unique way of viewing the humor in day to day activities of cattle ranches. This week's featured video was published by NCBA's Cattlemen to Cattlemen to share his...
Maximizing Cull Cow Revenues
This week’s conversation about maximizing revenues centers on a topic that is generally not very popular with cattlemen – cull cows. I don’t know a single cattleman that enjoys culling cows from the herd. Unfortunately, for a variety of reasons, each year there...
Consider Strawberry Production this Fall
As the alternating cycles of sun, heat and rain shape our summer days, I start thinking about cooler times ahead and the fall planting season. One plant to consider for cool-season producton are strawberries. Planting strawberries in the fall is really an exercise in...
Friday Feature: 500 Years of Cattle in Florida
Florida has a rich agricultural history, but one of the historic facts that Florida cattlemen take great pride in is that cattle were introduced into what later became the United States through Florida in 1521. Juan Ponce de Leon was a Spanish conquistador who first...
Can Growth Regulators Boost Peanut Yields?
Barry Tillman, UF/IFAS Peanut Breeder, and Scott Monfort, UGA Extension Peanut Agronomist Excessive peanut vine growth can be problematic in several ways. First, too much vine can increase disease because of the ability of the canopy to hold moisture and the...
As the Main Honey Flow Winds Down, What’s Next for Beekeepers?
Most Panhandle producers are removing and processing “the main flow” of honey at this point of the year. Once processing is complete, it’s a good time to turn attention to pest management and general hive maintenance. - It’s very important to monitor hives...
Increasing Cow/Calf Revenue with Reproductive Management
Continuing our discussion on maximizing revenues generated by cow/calf operations, this article will focus on herd reproductive management. Previously we looked at 1) Can Cow/Calf Operations Increase Revenue to Help Offset Input Costs? and 2) Maximizing...
7/16/21 Peanut Update & aGDD Tracker
Mark Mauldin, Ag & Natural Resources Agent Washington County, Ethan Carter, Regional Crop IPM Agent, Dr. Barry Tillman Peanut Breeder UF/IFAS NFREC, and Camila Ichazo I led off the last Peanut Update & aGDD Tracker with some comments to the...
June 2021 Weather Summary & Dog Days Outlook
Rainfall June 2021 was a wet month, especially for the western Panhandle counties that received rainfall from Tropical Storm Claudette. There were also bands of rain that swept north from the Gulf as the storm dissipated in Alabama and Georgia. You can see in the...