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Evaluation of Thrip Resistance to Neonicotinoid Insecticides
Figure 1. Tobacco thrips injury to seedling peanuts. Joe Funderburk, Danielle Sprague, and Mrittunjai Srivistava, North Florida REC. Quincy, Florida Monitoring to evaluate continued susceptibility of...
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New Herbicide Resistant Crop Varieties Offer New Tools for Weed Management in...
Jackson County cotton ready for harvest. Photo – Doug Mayo Ethan Carter, Regional Crop IPM Agent, Jay Ferrell, and Ramon Leon, UF/IFAS Weed Speciaslits 2017 will be a landmark year for row crop...
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Using Dicamba on Dicamba-Tolerant Crops
With the use of dicamba tolerant cotton varieties, there is reason for concern that drift will result in losses to nearby, sensitive crops. Precautions must be followed if these new dicamba...
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XtendiMax, Engenia, and Enlist Duo Now Registered for Use in Florida
Florida farmers now can purchase both 2,4-D and dicamba resistant cotton and soybean seed, as well as the new low-volatility complimentary herbicides developed specifically for these varieties....
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Scout Soybeans for Kudzu Bugs and Redbanded Stink Bugs
Soybean sentinel plot in Marianna- Jackson County, Florida. Photo by Ethan Carter. After a mild winter, with relatively few nights below freezing, it should be no surprise that insect populations are...
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Soybean Rust Detected in Jackson County
Figure 1. Soybean rust was detected on soybean in a soybean sentinel plot in Jackson County, Florida on June 26, 2017. The map above shows scouted and confirmed locations through July 18, 2017 as...
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Permit Required for AgLogic Nematicide Use in Cotton and Peanuts
Ethan Carter, Regional Crop IPM Agent, and Zane Grabau, UF/IFAS Nematologist Newly registered for Florida, AgLogic 15GG (gypsum formulation) is a granular nematicide available for use in Florida...
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Still Need the Mandatory Dicamba Resistant Crop Training?
Last year, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) registered new dicamba herbicide product formulations for making applications to dicamba tolerant cotton and soybean crops. As a result, many states...
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Friday Feature: Defining GMOs in Food
This week’s featured video was published by Iowa State University to help explain what genetically modified organisms or GMOs are and why these crops are used. This is a very controversial topic, with...
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Florida’s 2020 Dicamba Stewardship Training – February 18
Traditional cotton with dicamba drift injury row (right) vs healthy (left). Photo – Jay Ferrell, UF/IFAS Over the last several years, many states across the Midwest and South have received extensive...
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Kudzu Bugs Arriving in High Numbers in Legume Crops
Authored by Ethan Carter, Regional Crop IPM Agent and Danielle Sprague, Jefferson County Extension Agent Nymphal stage kudzu bugs. Photograph by John Ruberson, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org. It’s...
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2021 Panhandle Row Crops Update Series: Training and CEUs are coming!
Are you wondering how UF/IFAS Extension agents will provide our county crop production updates, or how you will earn Continuing Education Units (CEUs) from FDACS in 2021? Due to the current health...
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Springtime Means Cutworms – Scout Corn and Soybean Fields
Florida has several species of cutworms that can be problematic year to year in cropping systems, especially corn and soybeans. Larvae are capable of overwintering and surviving the winter here, which...
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Late Maturing Soybean Update
Rome Ethredge, Interim UGA Grains and Soybean Agronomist Most soybeans either have been or are currently being harvested. Soybeans left in the field now were planted later, mostly after small grain or...
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Soybeans are a Viable Crop Option in 2022
With record high fertilizer prices, a legume crop like soybeans look more appealing to crop producers. Soybeans accept a soil pH range of 5.8 to 6.5. Soybeans, when properly inoculated, require no...
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Early System Soybean Planting & Corn Updates – Georgia Grain News 4-22-22
Rome Ethredge – UGA Interim Grains and Soybean Agronomist Time for early system soybean planting is now in most of Georgia. You want all chance of frost over before proceeding. Southwest Ga. Grower and...
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Soybean & Corn Updates- Georgia Grain News 5-6-22
Rome Ethredge – UGA Interim Grains and Soybean Agronomist Soybean Early System Soybeans are looking good. 16 days old and already forming nitrogen fixing nodules. We can tell the beneficial nodules...
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Georgia Grain News 6-11-22
Rome Ethredge, UGA Interim Grains and Soybean Agronomist Soybean Early System Indeterminate soybeans are now setting pods. They set them starting at the bottom of the plant and work their way up. The...
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Soybean Rust Update
Counties in red are where soybean rust has been found in kudzu, as of August 20, 2014. Soybean Rust is Around but Not on Soybeans Since its arrival in the United States in 2004, soybean rust has...
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Panhandle Corn & Soybean Update – February 2
Farmers from throughout the tri-state area are invited to attend the 3rd annual Panhandle Corn & Soybean Update, on Friday, February 2nd, at the Washington County Agricultural Center, in Chipley...
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