Horse Manure Composting Workshop

Horses produce an average of 50 pounds of manure per day! When managed correctly all this waste doesn’t have to be wasted. In this workshop explore ways to put your manure to work by composting… Read More
Posted: March 29, 2018
Horses produce an average of 50 pounds of manure per day! When managed correctly all this waste doesn’t have to be wasted. In this workshop explore ways to put your manure to work by composting… Read More
Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, Livestock, Natural Resources, Water
Tags: Bainum, Composting, Farm, Horse, nutrients, pasture, waste, workshop
Posted: March 21, 2018
Join us for an educational field day looking at the benefits of incorporating cool season forages into your pastures for winter grazing and supplementation. Lunch is being sponsored by Crop Protection Services. Space is limited… Read More
Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, Livestock
Tags: annual grasses, cattle, cool season, Equine, forage, forages, grazing, hay, Livestock, pasture, perennial grasses, winter
by jpopenoe
Posted: March 19, 2018
Honey bee pollination increases fruit set and yields in many fruit, but not all. Blueberries are supposed to respond to increased pollinator activity with greater yields. Some fruit growers routinely bring in bee hives to… Read More
by jpopenoe
Posted: March 15, 2018
Many people are interested in growing blueberries in containers to provide optimum soil qualities of high organic matter, low pH, and controlled irrigation that are not easily provided in fields. Organic matter requirements are expensive… Read More
by jpopenoe
Posted: March 12, 2018
Several scale insects attack peach trees. The most common scale are white peach scale and San Jose scale, both serious pests, and both usually present to some extent in every orchard. The white peach scale,… Read More
Category: Agriculture, Horticulture, Pests & Disease
by jpopenoe
Posted: March 5, 2018
The Citrus Growers’ Institute will be held at South Florida State College, Alan Jay Wildstein Center for Performing Arts, Avon Park, Florida, on April 3, 2018. This program is sponsored by UF/IFAS and the Citrus… Read More
by Jane Cant
Posted: March 2, 2018
Equine Colic Equine colic describes abdominal pain in horses that, in some cases, can lead to death if not treated. Many things can cause a horse to colic, and knowing the symptoms and causes can… Read More
by Mark Bailey
Posted: March 1, 2018
Now that winter’s end is in sight, we can look forward to the consistently warmer weather and the explosion of emerging plant life that comes with it. While this wondrous spring event is happening it… Read More
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease
Tags: commercial, crops, damage, Farm, farmer, garden, gardener, insecticides, insects, pest control, pests, planting, plants, produce, spring
Posted: March 1, 2018
You finally made it. You’ve worked hard, made tough decisions and sacrifices and have been fortunate enough to realize your dream of one day owning a Florida Horse farm. Five acres or five hundred, it… Read More
Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, Livestock
Tags: extended, feed, horse care, horse farm, horse sitter, horse sitters, instructions, out of town, vacation
by maxine32666
Posted: March 1, 2018
Hydroponic gardening is a popular technique that has become widely used in residential landscapes as well as commercial production in recent years. Hydroponics is the art of growing plants without soil; this not a new… Read More
Category: Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Tags: ebb, flow, gardening, growing medium, micronutrients, nutrient fill, perlite, reservoir, rockwool, technique, vertical drip, water, wick system
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