Plastic Mulch Retrieval Equipment Evaluation
About a month ago I was lucky enough to attend North Carolina State’s Tomato Field Day, at the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center in Mills River, NC. Every summer crowds flock from all over the Southeast to learn what’s new in the world of...
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Help Feed the Hungry – The UF/IFAS Extension Peanut Butter Challenge is Underway!
If you want to help feeding hungry people in Florida’s Panhandle this year, you can donate peanut butter during the annual Peanut Butter Challenge, coordinated by UF/IFAS Extension. Thanks to a partnership of UF/IFAS Extension and the Florida Peanut Producers...
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Alabama Forestry Field Day – November 2
Join Alabama Cooperative Extension for the 2018 Forestry Field Day at Geneva State Forest Lake near Kinston, Alabama on Friday, November 2nd. The following topics will be covered: Logging Equipment Cleaning Streamside Management Zones Wild Hog Effects on Water...
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Suwannee Valley Watermelon Institute – November 29
Join UF/IFAS Extension for the 2018 Suwannee Valley Watermelon Institute to be held on Thursday, November 29th at the Straughn IFAS Extension Professional Development Center (2142 Shealy Drive Gainesville, FL 32611). For anyone that grows watermelon or cucurbits,...
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Friday Feature: America’s Peanut Farmers
With peanut harvest in full swing in the Panhandle (between showers that is), I thought this would be the perfect week to share a video produced by American Farm Bureau to teach students about agricultural careers. The video, called "America's Peanut Farmers:...
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Rapid Response Team Deployed to Investigate Peanut Collapse
Shannon McAmis, De Broughton, Nick Dufault, Ian Small, Zane Grabau, Barry Tillman, and Diane Rowland, UF/IFAS Extension In 2017, peanut growers of the Panhandle and North Central regions in Florida, and many areas in Georgia faced a number of issues. In addition to...
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Maintaining Dissolved Oxygen Levels in Your Pond to Reduce Fish Kills
Farm ponds of all shapes and sizes are common in rural Northwest Florida. They are built for a number of reasons such as irrigation, water management, boating, fishing, wildlife viewing, livestock watering, and food production. Each of these uses guides the way the...
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Grafting Tomatoes for Disease Resistance and Improved Yield
A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to attend North Carolina State’s Tomato Field Day, at the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center in Mills River, NC. Every summer crowds flock from all over the Southeast to learn what’s new in the world of...
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Highlights from the 2018 Florida Pecan Field Day
This year's UF/IFAS Florida Pecan Field Day took place on Thursday, September 13, 2018 at the Jefferson County Extension Office in Monticello, Florida. Extension specialists from Florida and Georgia provided growers from across the state with information about current...
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Dr. Ann Blount Named 2018 Woman of the Year in Agriculture
On September 19th, Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam announced that Dr. Ann Blount has been named the 2018 Woman of the Year in Agriculture. Dr. Blount has dedicated her career to researching and implementing innovative techniques to improve fall forage...
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