August 2022 Weather Summary and Harvest Season Outlook

August 2022 Weather Summary and Harvest Season Outlook

Rainfall August 2022 was another hot and steamy month for the Panhandle that brought variable rainfall to the region.  The western counties received over 9.5″ (purple, mauve, & magenta), as seen in the map above to the left.  Areas in blue received...
Friday Feature:  Growing Plants in Soil from the Moon

Friday Feature: Growing Plants in Soil from the Moon

Researchers at the University of Florida (UF/IFAS) have successfully grown plants in lunar soil extracted from three NASA missions to the Moon.  Rob Feral and Anna Lisa Paul, UF/IFAS Horticulture Department, were the first scientist to show that plants can be grown in...
Friday Feature:  Aero Recon Ultralight Aircraft for Farmers

Friday Feature: Aero Recon Ultralight Aircraft for Farmers

This week’s featured video was produced by Farm Progress Daily for use in a recent article in SE Farm Press to highlight a prototype ultralight aircraft that is being debuted at the 2022 Farm Progress Show, in Boone Iowa next week.  The Ryse Aero Recon is an...