MARIANNA, Fla. — The 2022 Panhandle Row Crop Short Course was held Thursday, March 3. Extension Specialists from Florida, Georgia, and Alabama spoke to attendees providing key production recommendations and tips for row crop farmers during a time when input costs are skyrocketing. Continuing education units (CEUs) were offered at the event for those with a restricted use pesticide license (Florida and Georgia), as well as for Certified Crop Advisors. This event also met the annual Dicamba Stewardship Training requirement for applicators spraying dicamba over top of cotton and soybeans. If you missed this program and still need a 2022 Dicamba Stewardship Training, you can complete it online through UF or an approved industry source.
The focus of the Short Course was peanut and cotton production. Speaker topics included an update from the Florida Peanut Producers Association, information regarding peanut and cotton varieties, fertility management, pest management (disease and weeds), a market update, and the dicamba training. The following recap provides a short summary of what was discussed by each speaker, as well as direct links to download PDF (printable) versions of the presentations given at the event.
Click here to view the complete set of links from the event
–Ethan Carter, UF/IFAS
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