Survey – Crop Producer Opinions about Agricultural Best Management Practices
Researchers at the University of Florida and University of Georgia are studying producer opinions about agricultural best management practices to help ensure agricultural water security in Southern Georgia and Northern Florida. This research is critical to ensure the...
Friday Feature: Celebrating Beekeeping – A Labor of Love
This week's featured video was published by the National Honey Board to make the general public aware of the benefits of the bee industry. They did a great job creating this ag awareness video that shares the positive story of beekeeping. This would be the ideal...
Beef Herd Essential Management: Herd Health Protocols
Spring is officially here, so it is time to start thinking about beef herd management over the next few months. If you have not yet developed a ranch calendar for 2022, you may want to look through the 2022 Panhandle Ag Team Cattle & Forage Management...
Keep Your Rabbits Healthy and Safe from RHDV2
Samantha Wisely, Wildlife Extension Specialist, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida The Florida Panhandle is home to many rabbit owners who raise rabbits for meat, breeding, exhibition at rabbit shows, or raise them as pets....
Clarifying Fluopyram Nematicide Products Available for Corn
Nematicide application is one of the main methods for managing plant-parasitic nematodes in Florida corn. Fluopyram is a relatively new nematicide chemistry available for corn and other row crops. Currently, multiple products containing fluopyram are labelled for use...
Evaluating Last Week’s Freeze Damage in Corn & Small Grains
Rome Ethredge - UGA Interim Grains and Soybean Agronomist Corn Corn affected by cold is growing out of it in deep southwest Georgia where we had 4 hours of freezing temperatures 12 days ago with a low of 28.7 degrees F. It was colder as you went north and more...
2022 Watermelon Update #2- Week of March 21
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: Robotic Range Cube Feeder for Cattle
I am certain that many ranchers and cowboys have daydreamed about utilizing robots to handle routine farm chores. This week's featured video was published by Smooth Ag Solutions to share the prototype of their V1 Ranch Rover. The V1 Ranch Rover can deliver feed...
Ornamental Rhizoma Perennial Peanut for Groundcover or Alternative Turf
Kelly Thomas, Ann Blount, Gary Knox, and Cheryl Mackowiak, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center, Quincy This is the time of year when we begin to see perennial peanut peeking out from under the soil and showing small leaves that signal the...
Time to Think About Pond Weeds
With warming weather comes weed problems, and the field is not the only place they can pop up. Farm ponds, whether used for irrigation, livestock, or just recreation, can often grow numerous pesky weeds that impact the use of these water bodies. A few lily pads might...