Friday Feature: How to Calibrate a Boom Sprayer – 1/128 of an Acre Method
With so much rain recently, farmers and ranchers will be using their sprayers soon for fungicide and herbicide applications. At some point every season, it is recommended to recalibrate your sprayer to ensure that you know how much water per acre the sprayer applies...
Producing or Buying Hay in 2022 – Considerations Going Forward
Just in case you had not noticed, fertilizer prices are ridiculously high. The dramatic year over year increase in the cost of nutrients is impacting all segments of the agricultural industry – hay production is no different. The consensus among the folks I’ve...
What Happened to Asian Citrus Psyllids after a Freezing Event or After a Storm?
Xavier Martini, UF/IFAS Entomologist, NFREC Quincy, Carlos Antolinez, Postdoc, Cornell University Monique Rivera, Assistant Professor at Cornell University Asian citrus syllid has been one of the most devastating pests the citrus industry has faced in the last decade....
May Update on the Cotton Nitrogen Rate Research Project
Libbie Johnson, Santa Rosa County Extension and Ethan Carter, Regional Row Crop IPM Agent Great news for all of our Florida cotton producers: the nitrogen (N) rate project has started! The UF/IFAS cotton recommendation is 60 units of nitrogen, which has been argued by...
2022 Watermelon Update #10 – May 16
Bob Hochmuth with input from Suwannee Valley Extension Agents: Mark Warren (Levy), Tyler Pittman (Gilchrist), Tatiana Sanchez (Alachua), Luke Harlow (Union), Jay Capasso (Columbia), Dan Fenneman (Madison), Keith Wynn (Hamilton), Danielle Sprague (Jefferson), Emily...
Friday Feature: Sheep Drive Through the Streets of Madrid
Most Floridians dread the coming of summer vacation due to all of the added traffic on local roads as millions of tourists travel through Florida to beaches and other tourist attractions. In Madrid, Spain, sheep and goats pour through city streets on their way to...
Enlist Crop Technology (2,4-D-Tolerant Crops) and Requirements for Herbicide Application
Pratap Devkota, Weed Scientist, UF/IFAS West Florida Research and Education Center Enlist crop technology (2,4-D-tolerant) allows for the application of 2,4-D choline herbicide products on Enlist Cotton, Enlist Corn, and Enlist E3 Soybean. The newer 2,4-D choline...
Alternative Crops – Florida Olive Production
The weather in Florida doesn't resemble that of the Mediterranean. Our hot and humid climate is unpredictable. One day we might be dry and in the 70s. The next we might be hot and humid with afternoon showers. Of all things I could think of growing, olives...
New UF/IFAS Field and Forage Crop Entomologist at NFREC Quincy
Introduction My name is Dr. Isaac Esquivel, and I wanted to introduce myself to y’all as the new field and forage crop entomologist at the NFREC in Quincy. I earned my B.S. degree in Entomology at the University of California Riverside, where I studied tomato psyllids...
April 2022 Weather Summary and Summer Outlook
Rainfall With hot weather just around the corner, it is time to look back at the moisture and temperatures from the last month of Spring. I know, technically May is part of Spring but not in Florida. March brought much needed moisture to the Panhandle, after a dry...