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...
by Ethan Carter | Jan 17, 2020
Over the last several years, many states across the Midwest and South have received extensive calls related to dicamba injury of sensitive crops from drift when it was used in over-the-top applications to fields of tolerant cotton and soybean. In 2018, the EPA called...
by Ethan Carter | Mar 22, 2019
Authored by Ethan Carter (Regional Crop IPM Extension Agent) and Fred Fishel (UF/IFAS Pesticide Information Office) Paraquat (often referred to by the brand name Gramoxone) is a widely used, restricted use pesticide in the United States. Paraquat products are highly...
by Ethan Carter | Nov 30, 2018
The past two months have been life altering for many farmers in the southeast, especially the Florida Panhandle. Hurricane Michael made landfall in the Panhandle on October 10th and left a path of destruction spanning several counties as it continued into Southwest...
