2022 Watermelon Update #1 – March 7
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: Peanut Harvest with a 360° Camera
This week's featured video was produced by the National Peanut Board to briefly show peanut harvest. What is really neat about the video is that it was filmed with a 360° camera, so you can look all around the field and also have close up views of the equipment...
Long-Term Cost Savings from Adding Perennial Peanut to Grass Pastures
It’s no secret that input costs have snowballed in 2022, due to reasons ranging from pandemic related supply chain issues to geopolitical threats. Regardless of the reason, it appears that input inflation is here to stay and will be a threat to ranch budgets for the...
Forage for Horses: Considerations for Hay Selection and Feeding
Carissa Wickens, UF Department of Animal Sciences, and Carol Vasco, Post-doctoral Fellow, Auburn University Department of Animal Sciences Forages in the Horse’s Diet Forage is an essential component in the diet of horses. Hay or pasture should comprise at least...
USDA Introduces Market News Mobile App Providing Instant Access to Market Information
Source: USDA News Release - February 1, 2022 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a new USDA Market News Mobile Application, providing producers and everyone else in the supply chain with instant access to current and historical market...
Friday Feature: Agrivoltaics – Farming Under Solar Panels
This week's featured video was published by Matt Ferrell to talk about Agrivoltaics. I have had several people ask me about the concept of farming or grazing under solar panels. With the push to seek alternative energy sources, solar farms are buying up farm land. ...
Marketing Feeder Cattle at 6-Year Highs in 2022
Chris Prevatt, UF/IFAS Livestock & Forage Economist, Range Cattle Research and Education Center Each year there are windows that allow producers to market feeder cattle near the high-end of the market. Cattle producers will likely be marketing cattle...
The Pollinating Power of Bumble Bees
There are five social species of bumble bees (Bombus spp.) native to Florida, and each is an important pollinator throughout the state. European honeybees provide about 85 percent of our pollinating activity that is vital for supplying one-quarter to one-third...
Corn Planting Reminders
Rome Ethredge, Interim Grains and Soybean Agronomist, Dept. Crop & Soil Sciences, University of Georgia Folks are getting their corn planters ready and making sure everything is in working order. Here’s some good planting time reminders from the 2022 UGA...
Friday Feature: Herds West (1955 Beef Production)
This week's featured video comes from the Charlie Dean Archives. The video provides an overview of beef cattle production in the Western US in 1955. Much of today's modern beef production system was developed during this period that included cow-calf operations on...