Haying equipment is idle until several days of sunshine dry the fields enough for hay to be baled and barned. There is a growing anxiety about the corn harvest with its high moisture content and lack of available storage. Field conditions are wet making it hard for equipment to cross fields. Cotton fields need to dry …
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Fields Flooded By Tropical Storm Debby? Another Soil Test May Be Necessary
Tropical Storm Debby left many north Florida fields flooded. The standing water may be cause to soil test before adding fertilizer and lime even if the plot has been soil tested recently. Tropical Storm Debby delivered some much needed rain to many Florida Counties, albeit in a rather short amount of time. These flooded fields …
Permanent link to this article: http://okaloosa.ifas.ufl.edu/newsletters/2012/06/30/fields-flooded-by-tropical-storm-debby-another-soil-test-may-be-necessary/
Armyworms on the March in Hay Fields
Army worms are actively feeding in large numbers on bermudagrass hay fields in Washington and neighboring counties. If left unnoticed these foliage feeders will take a forage stand near harvest down to a few small stems in just a matter of days. Therefore producers need to scout heavily fertilized pastures and hay fields at least …
Permanent link to this article: http://okaloosa.ifas.ufl.edu/newsletters/2012/06/22/armyworms-on-the-march-in-hay-fields/
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