by Ethan Carter | Oct 30, 2020
Unfortunately, Panhandle farmers have grown accustomed to setbacks during harvest season in recent years. Cotton and peanut harvests this fall have been disappointing again, with 2020 being the third straight year of pest and weather-related issues just prior to...
by Libbie Johnson | Sep 18, 2020
– Hurricane Sally was a Category 2 hurricane with 105 mph winds at landfall in Gulf Shores, Alabama (11 miles west of FL), but in rural farming regions of the Florida Panhandle it was not just the high winds, but the tremendous rainfall from this slow moving...
by Libbie Johnson | Sep 4, 2020
Corn is still being harvested in the Western Panhandle, due to almost daily rains slowing progress. What looked like it would be an awful year in April and early May, has ended up rather positive. Much of the corn in the western counties experience a long, cool spring...
by Zane Grabau | Aug 28, 2020
Zane Grabau, Entomology & Nematology Department, Jose Dubeux, NFREC-Marianna), Marcelo Wallau, Agronomy Department, and Mussie Tsegay, Graduate Student, Entomology & Nematology Department – In fields supporting dairy operations, corn is often grown in...
by Doug Mayo | Aug 14, 2020
This week’s featured video is a sad story produced by the Weather Channel as a follow up to Monday’s derecho that wreaked havoc through the Midwest. This story is something Panhandle farmers can certainly relate to following hurricanes, but this storm...