by btillman | Apr 4, 2025
A new high yielding and disease resistant peanut variety was released in January 2024 by the University of Florida’s, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, North Florida Research and Education Center (NFREC) in Marianna, Florida. The new variety...
by external | Mar 21, 2025
Overview Authorized by the American Relief Act 2025, the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP) provides economic assistance payments to eligible agricultural commodity producers for the 2024 crop year. These payments help producers mitigate the impacts of...
by external | Mar 21, 2025
– American Peanut Council – Sustainability Initiative The American Peanut Council (APC) launched its nationwide sustainability initiative in late 2021, building on a pilot undertaken by the National Peanut Board and the Georgia Peanut Commission. Peanut...
by Ethan Carter | Mar 7, 2025
The 2025 Panhandle Row Crop Short Course was held Thursday, March 6, in Marianna, Florida. The event had a great turnout with 143 people. This annual event is a regional peanut and cotton production meeting located in the Central Panhandle, supporting growers from...
by Ethan Carter | Feb 21, 2025
Brett Bultemeier, Lauren Diepenbrock, and Ethan Carter, UF/IFAS Extension Chlorpyrifos is an organophosphate insecticide used primarily to control foliage and soil-borne insect pests. The status and availability of Chlorpyrifos has had numerous, and at times,...
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...
