by Cheryl Mackowiak | Jul 15, 2016
Perennial Peanut Field Day Saturday, July 23rd, 2016 9:30 AM EST Registration – $10 per person UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center, Quincy, Florida The Perennial Peanut Producers Association and the University of Florida are teaming up to host a...
by Doug Mayo | Jul 15, 2016
June 2016 was fairly typical for the Florida Panhandle with much warmer temperatures and scattered afternoon thunderstorms with highly variable rainfall. In the graphic above you can see the hot pink areas that received more than 10″ and dark red regions that...
by Doug Mayo | Jul 15, 2016
A farmer and his wife worked with his son and daughter-in law to develop a business plan that would allow the couple to move back to the family farm. The young couple developed an agritourism business with U-pick fruits and vegetables for the summer, a corn maze in...
by Ethan Carter | Jul 8, 2016
Figure 1. Young peanut plant in Jackson County exhibiting symptoms of crown rot (Aspergillus niger). Photo by Ethan Carter. The severity of crown rot varies from year to year, despite its general presence in peanut fields early in the season. Caused by Aspergillus...
by Doug Mayo | Jul 8, 2016
Harold was a farmer, who had stayed healthy and happy out on the farm for over 60 years. As the years slipped by, however, his wife worried about him out in the summer heat for long hours each day. She had been right to worry as one summer, while out fixing fence,...
