Combating Citrus Fruit Splitting
See the issues that cause citrus fruit splitting and the steps to take to prevent it from happening in your citrus grove. Florida citrus growers need nearly every piece [...]
Combating Pink Eye in Cattle
See management strategies for preventing and treating pink eye in cattle, a bacterial infection that can negatively affect your herd. As the weather gets warmer, the conditions for pink [...]
The Details of the Veterans Florida Agriculture Program
See details of the Veterans Florida Agriculture Program, a training fellowship that prepares military personnel for an ag career. It’s an unfortunate truth that many military personnel often struggle [...]
Advanced Turfgrass Management
Register now to attend the June 13th Turf Academy: Advanced Turfgrass Management, presented by UF/IFAS Extension. UF/IFAS Extension is presenting Turf Academy: Advanced Turfgrass Management in mid-June. Turfgrass management [...]
The Ins and Outs of Creep Grazing
Creep grazing is a pasture management practice used to increase the weight of suckling calves in a cow-calf operation. A UF/IFAS Extension publication on creep grazing maintains that “Selling [...]
Best Management Practices for Calf Processing Vaccines
See the Best Management Practices when it comes to using calf processing vaccines in your cow-calf operation. Vaccines are an important tool in the effort towards raising healthy calves. [...]
Q&A: APHIS Final Rule on EID Tags For Cattle
See a Q&A on the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Final Rule on EID tags for cattle. In late April 2024, the USDA APHIS passed a [...]
Tips for Using Drones in Ag
See the best advice for using drones in ag, whether you are using a drone for monitoring, management, surveying, and more. The use of drones has become pervasive in [...]
What to do About Citrus Tree Sectoring With Trunk Injections
A UF/IFAS Tip of the Week looks at citrus tree sectoring, a result of recent trunk injections to fight citrus greening in Florida citrus. Citrus growers who utilized trunk [...]
Get Your Hurricane Plan in Place
See tips from UF/IFAS on all the factors that should be considered in your hurricane plan as the start of Hurricane Season approaches. June 1st marks the start of [...]
Optimize Forage Production With Timing Pasture Turnout Timing
Timing when you turn your cattle out to a new forage grazing pasture is important to optimize forage production. If you rely on forages as a primary feed source [...]
Combating Drought Stress in Citrus
Since citrus trees need an optimal environment, make sure you are following these UF/IFAS tips for drought stress in citrus. Drought season in Florida poses a big problem for [...]
The Basics of Summer Cover Crops For Florida Growers
See information on the basics of summer cover crops for Florida growers from a UF/IFAS Tip of the Week article. “If you are looking for a method to invest [...]
Attend the May 9th Tropical Fruit Production Workshop Online or In-Person
The UF/IFAS May 9th Tropical Fruit Production Workshop for Florida growers can be attended in person or online. UF/IFAS maintains that there are “new and potential growers who are [...]
Soil pH and Nutrient Availability
Soil pH plays a huge role in nutrient availability, especially where micro-sprinkler irrigation has raised soil pH. “Soil pH influences nutrient availability;”is the sentiment of a Citrus Industry article [...]
Citrus Grower Trial Shows Importance of Irrigation Frequency
See the details of a citrus grower trial that showed the extreme importance of irrigation frequency for citrus trees. The name of the game in the Florida citrus industry [...]
The Dangers of Fire Ants and Ag
See all of the ways that fire ants and Ag don’t mix and why you should be mindful of keeping them away from your ag operation. No one likes [...]
A Look at Grazing-Land Management and Soil Carbon Storage
A UF/IFAS researchers says more research is needed on grazing-land management for soil carbon storage in the Southeast. Florida ranchers should listen with skepticism to carbon trade marketers, according [...]
Attend UF/IFAS’s Landscape University CEU Day
Attend the Landscape University CEU Day on May 15th, presented by UF/IFAS Extension Lake County. UF/IFAS Extension Lake County is hosting Landscape University CEU Day. According to a UF/IFAS [...]
Tips to Manage the Eastern Lubber Grasshopper
See tips to manage the eastern lubber grasshopper, a pest that will eat many plants, including citrus and vegetables. A recent UF/IFAS blog shared information on the eastern lubber [...]
