This is the time of year many farmers call asking about Pesticide CEU opportunities for their license renewal. Several of my colleagues and I are ready to kickoff our “Pesticide Applicator Roadshow.” We are planning to provide core and category CEU’s and the opportunity to prepare and test for the FDACS Pesticide License Examination. We …
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Corn grown for silage is an important crop here in the Suwannee Valley, with many dairies feeding corn silage as an important part of their rations. There is about 20,000 acres of production in Florida, and Suwannee County typically leads the state in acres of corn harvested for silage. UF/IFAS recently released the results of …
Did you know….. Florida ranks #1 nationally in the production and value of fresh market sweet corn, typically accounting for approximately 20 percent of both national sweet corn production and of U.S. cash receipts for fresh sales (1). Sweet corn has typically ranked as one of Florida’s four most valuable vegetable crops. During the 2004-05 …
The State Climatologist of Florida, Dr. David Zierden recently released the Fall/Winter Climate Outlook for Florida and the Southeast. Thanks to Dr. Zierden for keeping us up to date. Many farmers ask me what we “know” about the climate and how it will affect the weather each winter and into spring. Here are a few …
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One of our local cooperating farmers has harvested the UF/IFAS On-farm Cotton Variety Trial. This plot has been put in by the Fulford Farm in Monticello, FL for the past two years. The yield data are not calculated completely, but the Fulford’s said the field is averaging at 2.1 bales per acre and “back of …
Many people have commented that there is more farm equipment on area roads at this time of year. That is because it is harvest time in North Florida. This is when area farmers bring out their harvesting equipment which is typically the largest equipment on the farm. It is also the time of year …
It’s that time of year when farmers, friends, and families throughout the Southeast take a break from harvest and head to the Sunbelt Ag Expo in Moulrie Georgia. The Sunbelt Ag Expo is the largest agricultural expo in the southeast attended by over 100,000 visitors! With over 1,200 commercial exhibits and agricultural demonstrations there is …
There are many acres of grain and forage sorghum planted late in North Florida. We usually experience the first freeze in late November and have plenty of time to make a crop after spring vegetables or corn silage harvest. We are finding that much of our later planted sorghum is under pressure from insect pests. We …
Many area farmers have told me that they grew cotton previously in 1994 or 1995. I looked back on price charts and see that cotton was $1.10 per pound in the spring of 1995, so it is not tough to figure out that was the year many of these farmers jumped in. However area farmers did …
Our area had a large increase in cotton acres in 2013 due to favorable prices and interest in crop rotation. Many farmers in the area have been talking about their crops and I am hearing reports ranging from about 1.25 to slightly above 2.0 bales per acre. One bale is 500 lbs of ginned cotton. Jamie Driggers from …
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