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Market Update for Suwannee Valley Grain Corn: March 2025

by Kevin Athearn
March 14, 2025

Authors: Kevin Athearn, Amanda Phillips, and Joel Love In the Suwannee Valley field corn is grown for grain, silage, and deer food plots. Grain corn is sold to local buyer elevators, primarily for use as animal feed. Suwannee Valley grain ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Amanda Phillips, Corn, Joel Love, Kevin Athearn, Suwannee Valley Agriculture, SV Ag Update

2025 Outlook for Suwannee Valley Peanuts and Grain Corn

by Kevin Athearn
February 19, 2025

Crop producers' planting, management, and marketing decisions are guided by their understanding of production costs and market outlook. This article describes 2025 enterprise budgets and crop prices for Suwannee Valley peanuts and grain corn. Enterprise ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management
Tags: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Amanda Phillips, Corn, Kevin Athearn, North Florida Research And Education Center-Suwannee Valley, Peanuts, Suwannee Valley Agriculture, SV Ag Update, Vivek Sharma

UF researchers awarded $1.8M to improve nutrient management of Suwannee Valley farms

by Kelly Aue
December 16, 2020

LIVE OAK, Fla. --- Researchers at the UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center - Suwannee Valley recently received a $1.8 million award for a 5-year project to develop precision nutrient application methods for the region. The on-farm ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, UF/IFAS Research, Water
Tags: Agriculture, BMP, BMPs, Conservation, Corn, North Florida Research And Education Center-Suwannee Valley, Nutrient Management, Water Resources

Twisted Whorl Syndrome in Corn Surfaces in North Florida

by De Broughton
May 16, 2019

Throughout North Florida, producers have reported seeing corn of certain varieties with twisted whorls and other unusual symptoms. Soon after planting, the region experienced cool temperatures in combination with the occurrence of cloudy days. ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops
Tags: Corn, North Florida Research And Education Center-Suwannee Valley, UF/IFAS Extension

Precision Agriculture is About Efficiency

by Patrick Troy
September 25, 2017

With corn harvests complete, growers are reviewing their yield data to see areas of the field that may need management modification. Grid sampling of soil in the fall helps to see where pH and nutrients may be off. Seeing yellow (or red) in ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Corn, Harvest, Precision Agriculture

Corn growers use tissue sampling to plan fertilizer applications

by Patrick Troy
August 16, 2017

Suwannee Valley corn growers prove the value of in-season plant tissue sampling for fertilizer application Sending ear-leaf tissue samples to the lab at various growth stages: helps growers to measure actual plant nitrogen uptake, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops
Tags: BMP, Corn, Nitrogen, Nutrient Management, Suwannee, Tissue Sampling

Corn harvests test new varieties and BMPs in Suwannee County

by Patrick Troy
August 10, 2017

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Category: Agriculture,
Tags: BMPs, Corn, Harvest, Suwannee

UF/IFAS Suwannee Valley Agricultural Extension Center hosts Corn/Peanut Field Day

by Patrick Troy
August 10, 2017

On Tuesday, July 18, the UF/IFAS Suwannee Valley Agricultural Extension Center hosted the annual Corn/Peanut Field Day in the newly renovated conference center and grounds of the center’s research farm in Live Oak, Fla. During the event, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: BMPs, Corn, Irrigation, Nutrient, Peanut

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