by Jennifer Bearden | Aug 13, 2021
Drones are definitely a useful tool in many professions these days. Industries such as agriculture, engineering, utilities, military, and real estate use drones to collect data and images. Drones can also be a lot of fun to fly as a hobby. But, there are rules to...
by Jennifer Bearden | Mar 5, 2021
Burweed I don’t know about you, but I am fighting some bothersome winter weeds this season. In high traffic areas around my barn, I have developed a lawn burweed (Soliva sessilis) issue. Lawn burweed, also called spurweed, is a low growing winter annual that...
by Jennifer Bearden | Oct 9, 2020
For over a decade, Deltapine has partnered with producers across the Cotton Belt to evaluate new cotton varieties. The New Product Evaluators (NPE) program evaluates cotton varieties prior to commercialization. Marshall Farms in Okaloosa County has served in this...
by Jennifer Bearden | Aug 28, 2020
Crop protection chemicals are vitally important to the agriculture industry and need to be protected. The “war on chemicals” is a true threat to the pesticides we rely on. That threat is challenging to manage except by advocating and telling the story of stewardship...
by Jennifer Bearden | May 22, 2020
– Jennifer Bearden, UF/IFAS Okaloosa Extension Ag Agent, and Ethan Carter, Regional Crop IPM Agent The warm, dry weather this spring is a serious concern. It’s causing many problems ranging from delayed planting to wildfires and everything in between. It is also...
