by Judy Biss | Jul 13, 2012
Good agricultural practices, food safety awareness, and complying with food safety regulations go hand-in-hand to minimize the incidence of foodborne illness. To that end, Floridians who offer to sell, or hold for the purpose of selling, eggs for human consumption...
by Judy Biss | Jun 1, 2012
BY ROB TRAWICK, JACKSON COUNTY HORTICULTURE AGENT With the unusually warm winter we experienced this year coupled with what was a warm and wet spring for most of us, there have been a lot of diseases showing up in numbers larger than what we are normally accustomed to...
by Judy Biss | May 18, 2012
By Henry Grant, Gadsden County Extension Director In this season of unpredictable rainfall, many farmers plant to satisfy the calendar and sometimes panic when emerging stands appear uneven and skipped. Plant population density affects yields, time to maturity,...
by Judy Biss | Apr 16, 2012
Have you ever wondered what those mounds of soil are that seem to appear from nowhere in surrounding fields and pastures? They are actually dirt mounds dug by the southeastern pocket gopher. The southeastern pocket gopher, Geomys pinetis, is also known as the...
