Weaning Decisions to Maximize Cow/Calf Revenues
I’m a week behind schedule getting to this sixth installment of Rambling on Revenues. I wish my excuse was “life happens and sometimes the article doesn’t get written on time”. Unfortunately, this time death, not life, happened. I was away from work last week to try...
Do I Need a License to Fly My Drone?
Drones are definitely a useful tool in many professions these days. Industries such as agriculture, engineering, utilities, military, and real estate use drones to collect data and images. Drones can also be a lot of fun to fly as a hobby. But, there are rules to...
8/13/21 Peanut Update & aGDD Tracker
Mark Mauldin, Ag & Natural Resources Agent Washington County, Dr. Barry Tillman, Peanut Breeder UF/IFAS NFREC, Ethan Carter, Regional Row Crop IPM Agent, and Camila Ichazo Drying conditions throughout the Panhandle have allowed field work, primarily...
Cotton Marketing News: Reports Continue to Feed Optimism
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Today’s monthly USDA numbers were a bit of a surprise and the weekly export report was good. As a result, December futures gained over 2 cents today—pushing us to over 93 cents. Don’t be surprised if the...
Friday Feature: Ag Awareness of Forest Products
Alabama Extension recently published a five-part video series that discusses common forestry terms and measurements. Understanding common terms can help landowners make management decisions based on their particular goals. The video of the series I chose to highlight...
Abundant Rainfall led to Cotton Sulfur Deficiency in Low Areas
Summer 2021 is proving to be anything but normal in crop fields across the Panhandle. Abundant rainfall has led to delayed fertilizer applications in cotton fields, delayed PGR treatments, and delayed pesticide applications. With every grower's schedule delayed, it...
How Weed Infestations in Pastures affect Cattle Performance?
Jose Dubeux, Luana Queiroz, Erick Santos, Martin Ruiz-Moreno, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center, Marianna Weed encroachment in grasslands results in large economic losses to livestock enterprises. Weeds compete for water, light, and nutrients, and...
July 2021 Weather Summary and Fall Outlook
Rainfall July was a very wet month in some areas, but drier than normal in others. It also got really hot at months end, breaking the streak of nine months below 95°. In the map to the left above you can see that much of the Panhandle received 8-9.5" (blue), while...
Friday Feature: Florida Cracker Cattle – A Spanish Legacy
This week's featured video was produced by the Florida Department of Agriculture for the Florida Museum to be presented at the Florida Cattle Ranching: Five Centuries of Tradition exhibit that travel around the state back in 2011. Since we are celebrating the 500th...
Time to Protect your Cotton from Premature Defoliation due to Foliar Diseases
Ian Small, UF/IFAS Crop Pathology Specialist, Bob Kemerait, UGA Crop Pathology Specialist, and Matthew Burger,UF/IFAS Plant Pathology Graduate Student As most cotton growers in the Southeast approach mid-season, now is the time to be scouting for foliar diseases that...