by Mark Mauldin | Feb 21, 2025
Farmer, ranchers, and landowners frequently have need of specific services and products unique to agricultural operations (source to purchase hay, custom tractor work, fence builders, cattle services, etc.). Unfortunately, the folks who provide those types of services...
by Zane Grabau | Feb 14, 2025
Peanut root-knot nematode is one of the major pests in peanut production in Florida and throughout the Southeast. Along with crop rotation and nematicide application, use of resistant peanut cultivars is a primary method for managing peanut root-knot nematode. (For...
by Mark Mauldin | Feb 14, 2025
The 2025 iteration of the Panhandle Corn & Soybean Update took place at the Washington County Agricultural Center, in Chipley, on Friday February 7th. There were approximately 60 in attendance at the event. The first speaker of the day was Dr. Isaac Esquivel, from...
by Marcelo Wallau | Jan 31, 2025
Marcelo Wallau, Olivia Maule, Ashley Kanobroski (UF/IFAS Agronomy Department, Forage Team), and Diwakar Vyas (UF/IFAS Animal Science) Despite the recent record snowfall and cold weather, it is almost time to get started with corn season in North Florida. Many farmers...
by Ian Small | Jan 31, 2025
Rebecca Barocco and Ian Small, North Florida Research and Education Center-Quincy Peanut early leaf spot, late leaf spot, and stem rot (a.k.a white mold) are economically important fungal diseases that survive within fields between seasons and can cause significant...
by Doug Mayo | Jan 17, 2025
Jimmy Carter was born October 1, 1924, and was raised just outside of Plains, Georgia on a peanut farm. Carter died at the age of 100 on December 29, 2024. Carter served as the 39th President from 1977-1981. To pay tribute to Jimmy Carter’s life, the Georgia...
