by btillman | Jul 28, 2023
Barry Tillman, UF/IFAS Peanut Breeder, Nick Dufault, UF/IFAS Extension Crop Pathologist., Ian Small, UF/IFAS Crop Pathologist, Ethan Carter, Regional Crop IPM Agent, and Mark Mauldin, UF/IFAS Extension Washington County. This week, (July 24 and July 27) Early Leaf...
by Isaac Esquivel | May 26, 2023
We are now a few weeks into the cotton and peanut season, with some farmers having already planted their crops. Others are currently in the process of planting, and some are yet to begin behind small grains. While recent rain has caused setbacks for a few, it has also...
by external | Apr 14, 2023
Article by Dr. Eric Protkso, UGA Weed Scientist In the world of herbicide development, much of the emphasis by major U.S. agricultural chemical companies is on the “big acreage” crops such as field corn, soybean and wheat. I can’t blame them though, since there...
by btillman | Jan 20, 2023
A new peanut variety has been released by the University of Florida, North Florida Research and Education Center. FloRunTM ‘52N’ was released on January 19, 2023 and represents the first normal oleic cultivar released by the UF/IFAS peanut breeding program in over 10...
by Libbie Johnson | Aug 12, 2022
It’s early August, and the peanuts are looking pretty in Santa Rosa County from all the rain we’ve received. Driving around last Friday, I stopped in a peanut field to visit with a grower about TSWV, and we noticed a lot of birds in the field.Cow...