Friday Feature: Growing Plants in Soil from the Moon
Researchers at the University of Florida (UF/IFAS) have successfully grown plants in lunar soil extracted from three NASA missions to the Moon. Rob Feral and Anna Lisa Paul, UF/IFAS Horticulture Department, were the first scientist to show that plants can be grown in...
When Grasses Collide – Centipede vs. Bahiagrass in Your Pasture
Managing a pasture comes with a host of potential problems: nutrient deficiencies, insect pests, weeds, and overgrazing can all cause serious issues when you’re just trying to grow some forage. At times, several minor problems can all add up to one major one....
Managing Horses to Prevent Heat Stress
Carissa Wickens, UF/IFAS Extension Equine Specialist, Department of Animal Sciences During the summer months in Florida, we expect periods of high heat and humidity, but exposure to extreme temperatures when the heat index (how hot it really feels when the...
Friday Feature: Aero Recon Ultralight Aircraft for Farmers
This week's featured video was produced by Farm Progress Daily for use in a recent article in SE Farm Press to highlight a prototype ultralight aircraft that is being debuted at the 2022 Farm Progress Show, in Boone Iowa next week. The Ryse Aero Recon is an...
Grazing Stocker Cattle on Warm-Season Annual Forages
Chris Prevatt, UF/IFAS Livestock & Forage Economist In the areas of the Southern U.S. that received adequate rainfall this spring and summer, grazing warm-season annual forages has remained an economically viable option for many producers. A warm-season annual...
Foot Rot in Cattle this Summer
I have been treating quite a bit of foot rot in my herd in the past month and odds are, if I am seeing it in the cattle we manage, everyone else is too. Thus, let us take a few minutes to review the ins and outs of foot rot. The bacterium that is responsible...
Monitoring Peanut Maturity with the aGDD Tracker – 8/19/22 Edition
Green (immature) peanuts are already being harvested for boiling, and this morning on the news they were previewing high school football games - a busy summer has almost completely flown by without my having published an aGDD Tracker. Apologies for my tardiness...
Update on Cotton Diseases: Target Spot and Aerolate Mildew
Source: Dr. Amanda Scherer, Extension Plant Pathologist for the August 17th edition of Cotton Shorts High humidity and temperatures along with vigorous canopy growth will favor prolonged periods of leaf wetness in crops and drive disease pressure across Alabama...
Cotton Marketing News: Market Shocked and Direction Confirmed
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Ten days ago, my headline said “Prices Should Begin to Find Direction Soon”. Direction has now been realized as prices have gained significantly—giving growers new hope after we were in the upper 80’s just a few...
Friday Triple Feature: Highlights from the 2022 UF/IFAS Peanut Field Day
This week's trio of featured videos share highlights from the 2022 UF/IFAS Peanut Field Day. The first video was created by the Panhandle Ag Extension Team to introduce each presenter who shared a brief overview of the information they presented on the field day...