We’ve heard “North Florida can grow forage 365 days a year!” for ages, and that’s true. However, those of us who’ve carried livestock through more than one winter with our own money, or worse, a bank’s money, know that it’s ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture
Round hay balers have made large strides in packaging the bale since their introduction. First, there was sisal twine. Rats chewed through it, or it rotted from soil contact. Plastic twine replaced sisal. Those problems were addressed, but ... READ MORE
Category: AgricultureCreeping Indigo was first noted in South Florida as a toxic plant around 1933. For horses, it is as toxic as it is palatable, and cases of indigo poisoning have been found as far north as Alachua County Florida. Toxicity has been reported ... READ MORE
Category: AgricultureUsing row crop land for cool season grazing is one of the great opportunities for North Florida livestock operations. Early crops come out in time to allow seedbed preparation for planting, and late harvested crops can be aerially over-seeded ... READ MORE
Category: AgricultureEffective grazing management is a dynamic dance between maximizing animal performance and maintaining healthy pastures, preventing erosion and maintaining water quality. Join us on Tuesday, July 15 for the next session of the Jefferson Grazing ... 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
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Category: AgricultureWhen you think of hay in the third week of January, you are probably wondering whether you’ll have enough hay to last until grass greens up in the spring. However, now is the time to develop your plan for controlling Vaseygrass or other grass ... READ MORE
Category: AgricultureCrown rust (Puccinia coranata) was found in over 3000 acres of oats in Levy, Suwannee and Madison counties in the last week. The most notable characteristic of the fungus is small pustules which contain orange-yellow spores. Rubbing the leaf ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture