by Robbie Jones | Mar 10, 2023
UF/IFAS Extension Gadsden County is teaming up with the Florida Forest Service to host a certified pile burner training on March 23rd. This event is open to anyone who needs to receive a certificate for pile burning. The limit for the training is 50 attendees, so...
by Ethan Carter | Jan 27, 2023
February 13-16th- Central Panhandle Pesticide Training Series (Marianna) This training series is a multi-county collaboration between Holmes, Washington, Calhoun and Jackson County Extension agents. Applicators can attend classes that serve as an exam review prior to...
by external | Jan 28, 2022
Samantha Murray, UF/IFAS Communications In Florida, pesticide licensing exams help ensure the state’s approximately 70,000 pesticide applicators follow state regulations and best practices for mitigating the impact of chemicals on the environment. Historically, the...
by Ethan Carter | Apr 30, 2021
Dr. Glen Harris, UGA-Tifton, Extension Agronomist for Soils & Fertilizer, Dr. Mike Mulvaney, WFREC Jay, Cropping Systems Specialist UF, and Ethan Carter Regional Crop IPM Agent – – With the 2021 crop season upon us, many people have already spread...
by Molly Jameson | Mar 12, 2021
– Throughout the Panhandle and Big Bend Region of Florida, many residents struggle to access healthy foods. Of the 20 Florida counties with the most people living in poverty, more than half are in the Panhandle and Big Bend Region. Unfortunately, poverty leads...
by Pratap Devkota | Feb 12, 2021
– Pratap Devkota, Weed Scientist, UF/IFAS West Florida Research and Education Center, Jay, FL – On December 20, 2020, the US EPA issued new labels for herbicide products containing low volatility formulations of dicamba. So, there are new labels for...