While parts of the Southeast are expecting yet another round of rain in the next few days, farmers in other parts of the country are also struggling with very wet conditions. AgWeb posted a story this week about how Midwestern farmers in the Corn Belt are also dealing with very wet conditions for a second year in a row…
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Farmers from across the Florida Panhandle, as well as southern Alabama and Georgia are invited to attend the 2020 Panhandle Row Crop Short Course. The meeting will be hosted by Jackson County Extension on Thursday, March 5 at the Jackson County Agriculture Conference Center (2741 Penn Ave., Marianna, FL). Registration…
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I was recently interviewed by Emily Cabrera of UGA on how I think the recent weather and the expected climate for the next couple of months will affect spring production and planting. This wet and warm weather will definitely have some impacts on producers going into the next growing season….
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As I am sitting here at home, I hear the sound of rain outside. A lot of us are supposed to see several inches of rain over the next week, leading to very wet soil conditions, especially in the heavier clay soils north of the Fall Line. With warm weather…
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Almost all of the artichokes grown in the US come from California, but research is now underway to study the ability of growers in northeast Florida to grow artichokes, a high value crop that would be grown in the cool season. Since artichokes require 250-500 hours below 50 degrees to…
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After the devastating loss of most of Georgia’s cotton crop to Hurricane Michael in 2018, producers are looking for a way to minimize these types of losses in future years. UGA cotton specialist Jared Whitaker is testing out some alternative strategies like planting earlier or spreading out the planting window…
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Vegetable and Specialty Crop News posted a story from UGA about the benefits of monitoring soil moisture by preventing overwatering by irrigation. Soil moisture sensors can be fairly inexpensive and can help prevent overirrigation, which can improve input costs. We also have soil moisture available at the UGA Weather Network…
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