by Daniel J. Leonard | Oct 9, 2020
A few weeks ago, Hurricane Sally churned onshore and dumped an unrelenting amount of rain on the Florida Panhandle. Thankfully, Calhoun, Jackson and adjoining counties were spared the lashing winds, storm surge, and widespread power outages that our neighbors to the...
by John Doyle Atkins | Oct 9, 2020
– Santa Rosa County Extension conducted a five-acre peanut variety demonstration with Mickey Diamond, Diamond Farms in Jay, Florida. Since an in-person field day was not possible in August, we decided to do a short video to explain the project . In the video,...
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 Nicholas Dufault | Sep 4, 2020
Nicholas Dufault, Ian Small, Santosh Sanjel, Jay Capasso and Kevin Korus, UF/IFAS Peanut Team – As we approach the end of the peanut production season, Florida’s peanut farmers need to be wary of peanut rust. Rust has been identified in fields in Columbia,...
by Ian Small | Aug 21, 2020
Ian Small, De Broughton, Fanny Iriarte, Nicholas Dufault, Keith Wynn, Jay Capasso, and David Wright, UF/IFAS Peanut Team – In recent weeks, peanut growers throughout North Florida have observed an increase in the occurrence of soil borne, pod rot diseases. In...
by btillman | Aug 7, 2020
Late last year and through early 2020, University of Florida faculty involved with peanut related research and extension efforts met to form the Florida Peanut Team. Among the goals of the team are to provide research-based solutions to peanut farmers and to provide...
