Now is an excellent time to begin planning controlled burns of bermudagrass hay fields in north Florida. Weather conditions in late January and February are typically our best for getting a good controlled burn, especially with the recent ... READ MORE
Category: AgricultureHay feeding is a common practice for many beef cattle enterprises in North Florida. The key question is, are you getting all of the value you expected out of that bale of hay? Multiple factors affect the value and profitability surrounding ... READ MORE
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Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, Livestock, UF/IFAS ExtensionIt’s mid-summer, rain fall has been adequate, and hay barns are starting to fill up across the Panhandle. Recently, I had the opportunity to visit several Bermudagrass hayfields that were not producing up to their potential for both yield ... READ MORE
Category: AgricultureNicolas DiLorenzo, State Beef Specialist, University of Florida NFREC With the hay season in full swing, we are now ready to reap the benefits of the combination of temperature and moisture to be able to (hopefully) lower our feed bill later ... READ MORE
Category: AgricultureBermudagrass Stem Maggot Likely to Increase in North Florida Liza Garcia-Jimenez, UF/IFAS NFREC IPM Program The first high populations of Bermudagrass stem maggot (BSM), Atherigona reversura, are now occurring in Central Florida and likely ... READ MORE
Category: AgricultureYou may have noticed vaseygrass, with its conspicuously tall seed heads, in pastures and hayfields where you have not noticed it before. Most of the factors explaining the increased occurrence of vaseygrass this summer relate to the relatively ... READ MORE
Category: AgricultureWhen large round hay bales came along, those of us who had cut our agricultural teeth on stacking small square bales thought we'd never need to put hay bales in a stifling hot barn again. Unfortunately, financial reality intervened. As Mark ... READ MORE
Category: AgricultureHay storage is a little different from the days in the picture above (1913), but two things haven't changed. Hay is never any better quality than it is when it's cut, and all kinds of things happen to reduce the quantity of hay that makes it ... READ MORE
Category: AgricultureKnow Your Hay, B, C’s is set for Thursday, May 29 at the Jefferson County Extension Office, 2729 West Washington Monticello. Livestock Extension agent Jed Dillard will discuss production, evaluation, storage and feeding practices that will ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, Livestock