Tag Archive: Identification

New Florida Cattle Identification Rule Workshop

  Tuesday, June 4, 2013     6:30 – 9:30 PM Central Time Jackson County Agriculture Conference Center 2741 Pennsylvania Avenue, Marianna, Florida The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) is developing a Cattle Identification Rule which will go into effect January 1, 2014.  They are seeking feedback from cattle producers on the draft version of the …

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Identification and Control of Cogongrass

Without control measures cogongrass will readily displace native or cultivated vegetation. Rob Trawick, Jackson County Horticulture Agent Cogongrass (imperata cylindrical), initially, was accidently introduced near Grand Bay, AL  in approximately 1911. Seed in packing materials from Japan made its way into the environment. Purposeful expansion followed thereafter in areas of Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi, with …

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Permanent link to this article: http://jackson.ifas.ufl.edu/newsletters/2012/09/28/identification-and-control-of-cogongrass/

Identification and Management of Gummy Stem Blight in Cucurbits

BY ROB TRAWICK, JACKSON COUNTY HORTICULTURE AGENT With the unusually warm winter we experienced this year coupled with what was a warm and wet spring for most of us, there have been a lot of diseases showing up in numbers larger than what we are normally accustomed to here in Northwest Florida. One in particular …

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Permanent link to this article: http://jackson.ifas.ufl.edu/newsletters/2012/06/01/identification-and-management-of-gummy-stem-blight-in-cucurbits/