We are starting to see corn shooting tassels in a few fields. Although most of the crop was planted later, a few local fields were planted in the first two weeks of March. As a general rule of thumb I usually say it takes 68-70 days for tassel emergence in our earliest planted corn. I went …
Conservation Farmers in North Central Florida are getting their corn crops planted and applying burndown herbicides. They know a thick mulch layer will keep soil temperatures lower and will conserve soil moisture from their non-irrigated fields until peanut and cotton planters roll in a few weeks. We have a wide variety of cover crops and …
Continue reading ‘Conservation Farmers and Soil Health Meeting (Video)’ »
We planted the Columbia County Grain Corn Trials on 3/14. Conditions were good at the time but we have received about 4″ of rain since we finished planting the field. I worked with the crew from 83 Farms to get these planted on their farm in Columbia County. We installed these plots in a randomized, replicated design, with three …
The Georgia Corn Short Course will be held January 21, 2014 in Tifton Georgia with an 8:15 registration. There will be a broad range of topics including Entomology, Pathology, Weed Science, Fertility, Irrigation, and Economics. The Agenda is attached at the following link: 2014 Corn Short Course Agenda
In my recent Extension Advisory Committee meetings before wrapping up for 2013 one thing that was emphasized was economic sustainability must continue to be a component of UF/IFAS Extension programming. This was following a year where farmers watched corn drop from $7/bushel at planting time to $5 at harvest and cotton fall from 0.95/lb at …
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 …
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 corn growers have struggled through a difficult harvest this season. Every season we expect difficulties with equipment, labor, trucking, weather, and dozens of other complications that farmers must work through. However this season we are seeing the additional challenge of harvesting corn fields that are as much as 100% lodged or blown down. Please …
Continue reading ‘Harvesting Lodged Corn Part 1: Observations (Video)’ »
Many area corn growers have struggled through a difficult harvest this season. Every season we expect difficulties with equipment, labor, trucking, weather, and dozens of other complications that farmers must work through. However this season we are seeing the additional challenge of harvesting corn fields that are as much as 100% lodged or blown down. Please …
Continue reading ‘Harvesting Lodged Corn Part 2: Harvesting (Video)’ »
Corn harvest is in full swing here in the area. Farmers are reporting good yields and good harvest weather over the last several weeks. Many are drying corn in their facilities from 25% moisture or less before hauling to the end users or merchandisers who are buying the corn to resell. Corn acreage was up about …