Authors: Jay Ferrell (Associate Professor, Weed Science, University of Florida) and Mace Bauer (Columbia County Agriculture Extension Agent) Many crop producers discovered compatibility issues last season when paraquat (Gramoxone SL and others) was added to the tank. While the issue was not “common,” it did happen often enough to create the necessity for awareness of …
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Estimating Wheat Yield
Wheat field with an estimated yield of 52 bu./acre in Washington County. Credit: Doug Mayo Much of the wheat crop around the panhandle is finishing grain-fill and starting to dry down. As harvest time for wheat draws near, many growers are busy planting peanuts and cotton on other fields. However, it may prove useful to …
Permanent link to this article: http://gadsden.ifas.ufl.edu/newsletters/2013/05/11/estimating-wheat-yield/
Disease Alert: Northern Corn Leaf Blight
Northern Corn Leaf Blight lesion. Credit: Jack Price Rome Ethredge, extension agent in Seminole County Georgia, this week reported incidence of Northern Corn Leaf Blight (NCLB), as did Jake Price in Lowndes County Georgia. This is a fungal disease that can reduce corn yields and is most likley to be found in fields where corn was grown …
Permanent link to this article: http://gadsden.ifas.ufl.edu/newsletters/2013/05/10/disease-alert-northern-corn-leaf-blight/
Dryland Corn Looks Good So Far
Dryland corn is up and going strong in the Big Bend Region. Dryland field corn is up and flourishing in the Big Bend Region of Florida. Rains have been well spaced and delivering sufficient water. Corn acreage is forecast to be at its highest point in three quarters of a century. The 97,282,000 acres nationally …
Permanent link to this article: http://gadsden.ifas.ufl.edu/newsletters/2013/05/04/dryland-corn-looks-good-so-far/
SE AL Hay Field Day May 16
Download the Flyer: SE Alabama Hay Field Day 5-16-13 Author: Doug Mayo – demayo@ufl.edu Jackson County Extension Director, & Livestock & Forages Agent My true expertise is with beef cattle and pasture management, but I can assist with information on other livestock species, as well as recreational fish ponds. http://jackson.ifas.ufl.edu Panhandle Agriculture
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Get Ready for Cotton Thrips
Thrips feeding damage on seedling cotton. Damage from thrips reduces plant vigor and yield. Cotton planting time has come and the presence of thrips (Frankliniella sp.) is a reality that growers in the panhandle must deal with every year. With that in mind, it is …
Permanent link to this article: http://gadsden.ifas.ufl.edu/newsletters/2013/05/03/get-ready-for-cotton-thrips/
Aquafarming… Florida’s Underwater Agriculture!
Much of the seafood we enjoy every day is grown in Florida’s aquafarms. Cheese grits, hush-puppies, and catfish; sweet corn, potatoes, and crawfish; dirty rice, coleslaw, and shrimp! What do all of these delicious foods have in common? The answer is AGRICULTURE – including the catfish, crawfish, and shrimp! Aquaculture (or aquafarming) is agriculture. In …
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Peanut and Cotton Disease Update Video
Dr. Nick Dufault, University of Florida Plant Pathologist, shares highlights from his “Peanut and Cotton Disease Update” presentation, made at the 2013 Panhandle Row Crop Short Course in Marianna. In this video, he provides important considerations for managing diseases in peanut and cotton. Author: Josh Thompson – j.thompson@ufl.edu Josh Thompson is a regional agricultural agent …
Permanent link to this article: http://gadsden.ifas.ufl.edu/newsletters/2013/04/26/peanut-and-cotton-disease-update-video/
Have you seen this Goatweed?
Goatweed seedlings. A tough and expanding pasture weed. During an April site inspection of perennial peanut fields with agents and a farmer, we noticed a weed that was not readily identifiable by any of us. Then, as so often happens, a few days later another farmer brought the same weed into the Extension office saying …
Permanent link to this article: http://gadsden.ifas.ufl.edu/newsletters/2013/04/26/have-you-seen-this-goatweed/
Managing Crimson Clover to Reseed
Once the seedhead is dry and the seed turn dark, clover can be grazed or mowed Crimson clover is one of North Florida’s best cool season forages. Its feed quality is high and it puts an estimated 100 pounds of nitrogen per acre back into the soil each year, the equivalent of six and a …
Permanent link to this article: http://gadsden.ifas.ufl.edu/newsletters/2013/04/26/managing-crimson-clover-to-reseed/
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