Category: Agriculture

Agriculture Bill

by John Wells
February 9, 2012

State Preemption/Agriculture - HB 1197 by Rep. Mike Horner: was passed out of the House Ag and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee. This bill gives the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services exclusive authority to ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture
Tags: Agriculture, Alan Hays, Apiaries, Beekeeping, Building Code, Consumer Services, County, Extension, Farm, Farm Signs, Farming, Florida, General Information, Government, Law, Mike Horner, Natural Resources, Representative, Senate, Senator, Services, Wakulla

Agriculture Bill

by John Wells
February 9, 2012

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture
Tags: Agriculture, Alan Hays, Apiaries, Beekeeping, Building Code, Consumer Services, County, Extension, Farm, Farm Signs, Farming, Florida, Government, Law, Mike Horner, Natural Resources, Representative, Senate, Senator, Services, Uncategorized, Wakulla

Cold February Days

by John Wells
February 7, 2012

Recent scientific research by Atmospheric and Environmental Research, a Verisk Analytics company suggests the reason that February is turning cold in Florida relates to snowfall in Siberia last October. No one is really sure how this works ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Horticulture

Cold February Days

by John Wells
February 7, 2012

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Horticulture
Tags: Agriculture, Citrus, Cold, Crops, Environment, Environmental, Farmers, Farming, February, Florida, Freeze, Garden, General Information, Growers, Growing, Lawn & Garden, Snowfall, Wakulla, Wakulla Agriculture, Weather

AL/FL Peanut Trade Show – February 9

by Doug Mayo
February 3, 2012

Peanut growers in the tri-states area will have the opportunity to see the latest advances in peanut planting, harvesting and other related equipment at the Alabama/Florida Peanut Trade Show, which will be held at the Peanut Festival Fairgrounds ... READ MORE

Category: Crops, Curriculum
Tags: Educational Event, Peanut

2011 UGA Peanut Variety Test Results from Tifton

by Ken Gioeli
February 3, 2012

UGA Tifton, Georgia: 2011 Irrigated Peanut Variety Trial Variety Digging Date Yield TSMK Seed lb/A % no./lb FloRun™ '107' 09/30 5433 73.5 712 Georgia-06G 09/16 5345 77.0 623 Georgia-10T 10/17 5273 78.5 669 Florida-07 09/30 5260 72.5 585 Georgia ... READ MORE

Category: Crops
Tags: Peanut, Varieity Test

UGA 2-year, 4-location Irrigated Cotton Variety Test Summary

by Ken Gioeli
February 3, 2012

Two-Year Summary for Irrigated Earlier Maturity Cotton Varieties 2010-2011 Variety Lint Yield Lint lb/acre % PHY 499 WRF 1982 46.1 DP 0912 B2RF 1958 43.1 DP 1028 B2RF 1885 46.1 DP 0924 B2RF 1785 43.1 FM1740B2RF 1776 43.3 Dyna-Gro ... READ MORE

Category: Crops
Tags: Cotton, Varieity Test

Nominate Jackson School District for Monsanto Grant

by Ken Gioeli
February 3, 2012

Farmers know that education is the cornerstone of any successful community. Monsanto has designated grant funds to help School Districts in agricultural areas improve math and science education. Farmers in Jackson and Palm Beach County, Florida, ... READ MORE

Category: Crops
Tags: Grant Nomination, Monsanto, School District

Management Changes make Small Grains worth Reconsidering

by Ken Gioeli
February 2, 2012

Doug Mayo, Jackson County Extension Director Ann Blount, UF/IFAS Forage Breeder David Wright, UF/IFAS Agronomist In the past, farmers and ranchers in the Southeast recognized the value of small grains for cattle grazing in a diversified ... READ MORE

Category: Crops, Livestock
Tags: Cattle, Crop Rotation, Planting Date, Small Grain

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