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MURPHY PLACES IN STATE CORN YIELD CONTEST

January 25, 2011 Outdoors Comments Off

Jimmy Murphy of Jennings recently won first place in the No Till/Strip Till Irrigated division of the 2010 National Corn Growers’ Association’s (NCGA) Corn Yield Contest in Florida.  Murphy won with Pioneer® brand hybrid 31P42, which yielded 241 bushels per acre.

Murphy earned one of the 359 state titles won by growers planting Pioneer hybrids. The NCGA awarded 522 state titles in this year’s contest. Growers planting Pioneer hybrids dominated the contest and won 69% percent of all state awards presented. 

The NCGA Corn Yield Contest is an annual competition among corn producers with the goal of producing the highest yields. In the contest, growers compete within a broad range of corn production classes, including non-irrigated, no-till/strip-till non-irrigated, no-till/strip-till irrigated, ridge-till non-irrigated, ridge-till irrigated and irrigated classes.

“Each year, we continue to see growers planting Pioneer corn hybrids succeed in the NCGA Corn Yield contest, and we’re thrilled that these growers choose Pioneer products for these winning yields,” says Pioneer President Paul E. Schickler. “These results continue to demonstrate the impressive yield potential that Pioneer genetics bring to our customers, and it also demonstrates what growers can achieve by planting the right product on the right acre.

“We’re excited about the diversity of hybrids represented in this year’s contest by growers planting Pioneer products,” he says. “It shows that Pioneer is advancing hybrids locally to help growers’ succeed across diverse environments.”

Pioneer Hi-Bred (www.pioneer.com), a DuPont business headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, is the world’s leading developer and supplier of advanced plant genetics, providing high-quality seeds to farmers in more than 90 countries. Pioneer provides agronomic support and services to help increase farmer productivity and profitability and strives to develop sustainable agricultural systems for people everywhere. Science with Service Delivering Success(TM).

DuPont (www.dupont.com) is a science-based products and services company.  Founded in 1802, DuPont puts science to work by creating sustainable solutions essential to a better, safer, healthier life for people everywhere.  Operating in more than 90 countries, DuPont offers a wide range of innovative products and services for markets including agriculture and food; building and construction; communications; and transportation.

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The Suwannee Chapter of the Florida Trail Association Meeting Set

January 24, 2011 Outdoors Comments Off

The Suwannee Chapter of the Florida Trail Association will hold its monthly meeting on Monday, February 7, at the Suwannee River Water Management District Office from 7-9 p.m., on US 90 and CR 49, 2 miles east of Live Oak. The Public is welcome!

The program will feature Kitty Tolson Carroll of  Accipiter Enterprises. Learn more about birds of prey and watch a falconry demonstration. Check out their website at www.birdsofprey.net. For details on the program, contact Donna Ellis at ellistrek@windstream.net or 386-362-6874.

After the program stay for a discussion about the Suwannee Chapter’s upcoming local hikes and camping trips, many of which are open to the public.

The Suwannee Chapter maintains many miles of the Florida National Scenic Trail along the banks of the Suwannee River in Madison, Hamilton and Suwannee Counties for the hiking public.

Contact: Chapter Chair, Sylvia Dunnam, (386) 362-3256, dunnams@windstream.net.

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Winter Orchard Management Program Offered by UF/IFAS Small Farms Academy, North Florida Research and Education Center

January 21, 2011 Outdoors Comments Off

The University of Florida/IFAS Small Farms Academy in the Suwannee Valley area will be offering the second in a four-part series on Orchard Management on February 11.  The four-part series is intended to walk a participant through an entire year of marketing and management practices of a typical mixed fruit and nut orchard in North Florida. Although encouraged, it is not necessary to attend all four courses and participants may choose the course(s) they wish to attend.

             The second workshop of the series, Winter Orchard Management, will provide the participants with a hands-on approach to pruning stone fruit and muscadine grapes, cold protection, pest control, and market research and strategies. The featured crop in this second part of the series will be cold hardy citrus.

             Linda Landrum, Regional Specialized Agent at the North Florida REC-Suwannee Valley states, “With the growing interest in locally grown food, area farmers can improve farm cash flow, particularly during the summer months when other crops are scarce, by planting  a small mixed orchard for direct markets sales.” 

             The workshop will be held at the North Florida Research and Education Center – Suwannee Valley (NFREC-SV) Research Farm at 8202 County Road 417, Live Oak, Florida.

            NFREC-SV serves the diverse agricultural interests in the region including vegetables, mushrooms, fruit crops, protected culture, forestry, and forage crops. 

            The registration fee is $180.00 for the remaining 3 parts of the series and $80.00 per individual workshop. This fee includes lunch, refreshments, plant liners and educational materials. A second family or farm participant may register as an auditor for $80.00 for the remaining 3 parts, or $50.00 for each individual workshop. The auditor fee includes lunch and refreshments. Registration is confirmed when a registration form and payment is received. The course is open to 20 attendees. Visit

http://nfrec.ifas.ufl.edu and click Small Farms Academy, then Available Courses for the Orchard Management Series brochure and registration form. For more information call Sarah White at (386) 362-1725 ext. 102 or email sewhite@ufl.edu. Registration forms with payment should be made out to University of Florida and sent to North Florida REC – Suwannee Valley, 7580 County Road 136, Live Oak, FL 32060

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Hunter Gets 13-Point Buck

January 18, 2011 Around Madison, Outdoors, Sports Comments Off
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Casey Sullivan killed this big 13-point buck in woods in the Pinetta area.

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Extension Service Offering Master Gardner Program

January 11, 2011 Around Madison, Outdoors Comments Off

Submitted by Madison County Extension Service 

            Do you experience envy of a beautifully manicured and landscaped lawn?  Ever wish you had a green thumb in efforts to grow your own fruits and vegetables?  Would you like to make a difference in your community?  Do you like teaching/helping  others or just wish to be more involved in the community?  Are you an experienced gardener and just want to nurture your keen interest in horticulture?  Maybe you just like being outside.

            If any of these apply to you, then you may be interested in the Florida Master Gardener  program offered  by the Madison County Extension Service.

Members of the Master Gardener program are provided with a minimum of fifty hours of in-depth horticultural training in a variety of topics. In return, graduates give at least seventy-five volunteer hours helping the local Extension program.

            Master Gardener volunteers help the county Extension office in many ways: answering garden related phone calls from homeowners, staffing plant clinics, working with 4-H youth, helping with school gardens, and many others.

            For more information, contact Covey Washington or Heidi Waller at (850) 973-4138 for an application.  The deadline for receiving applications is February 25.

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