Considerations for Horse Owners Responding to Recent EHV-1 Outbreak
Amanda Masholie, Sustainable Ag & Small Farms Agent, UF/ IFAS Walton County Extension, Jennifer Bearden, Agriculture Agent, UF/ IFAS Okaloosa County Extension, Kaylan M. Waters, Agriculture Agent, UF/ IFAS Holmes County Extension, Dr. Sally De Notta DVM, DACVIM,...
Testing Your Irrigation Water: A Key Step for Managing Crops and Equipment
Knowing what is in your irrigation water is essential because water quality parameters like pH, carbonates, dissolved salts, metals, and suspended solids can affect plant health, soil conditions, pesticide effectiveness and irrigation system performance....
Boosting Citrus Cold Hardiness with Seaweed Extract Biostimulants
Dr. Muhammad A. Shahid, Assistant Professor of Horticulture, and Dr. Shahid Iqbal, Postdoctoral Scholar, Horticulture Sciences, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center Introduction For citrus growers in the North Florida and Panhandle areas, few events...
2025 UF/IFAS Irrigated Corn Variety Trials Summary
Gabrielle Alves Comitre, Graduate Research Assistant, Sudeep Singh Sidhu, Assistant Professor-Agronomy, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center, Quincy, FL. We are excited to share the results from our 2025 Corn Variety Trials! Farmers, extension...
Crop Disaster Assistance for 2025: Is it Coming or Not?
Source: Southern Ag Today, November 202,2025, Bart Fischer, Co-Director of the Agricultural and Food Policy Center, and Joe Outlaw, Extension Economist, Texas A&M. We think we can all agree on one thing: we’re all sick of talking about the state of the farm...
Cotton Marketing News: Much Anticipated November Numbers Include Larger Production and Very Slight Demand Increase
Don Shurley, UGA Emeritus Cotton Economist Due to the U.S. government shutdown, some agencies and their data reports have not been available since September. USDA today released the November U.S. and World supply and demand estimates and crop production projections....
Agricultural Conservation Easement Webinar – December 4
Amanda Masholie, Sustainable Ag & Small Farms Extension Agent, UF/IFAS Walton County The Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) is a USDA initiative designed to protect and restore agricultural lands and wetlands through conservation easements. ACEP...
Friday Feature: Malone Pecan Festival Tractorcade
Farm City Week has been celebrated in Jackson County, Florida for the past 52 years. This year's planned activities kicked off at the Malone Pecan Festival that was held on Saturday, November 15, 2025. The festival starts with a parade through downtown Malone. New...
Pierce’s Disease-Resistant Wine Grape Breakthrough Offers Hope for a Florida Wine Renaissance
Eva Sailly, UF/IFAS Horticulture Department Communications Specialist In a milestone for Florida agriculture, researchers have grown and harvested wine grapes that are resistant to the main bacterial disease that has long prevented the state from establishing a...
October 2025 Weather Summary and Winter Outlook
Rainfall October is generally one of the direst months of the year, but this year it just added to an already dry fall. The two maps above compare 2025 October rainfall to normal. The map to the left shows the estimated rainfall for the state ranging from 6-8"...