Jackson County Agriculture Weather Damage Report

Jackson County Agriculture Weather Damage Report

Jackson County received record rainfall in April 2014. The National Weather Service graphic below illustrates the wide variation of rainfall totals for April, with the areas in red receiving between 10-12″, the areas in pink 12-14″, the magenta, or hot...

Panhandle Ag Team hosts Florida Forage Workers Training

The Panhandle Agriculture Extension Team and the North Florida Research and Education Center (NFREC) teamed up to host a training for the UF/IFAS Faculty who work with forages and livestock in Marianna, on April 7th and 8th .  Jose Dubeux, NFREC Forage Management...
Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the US Extension Service

Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the US Extension Service

Truly amazing things can happen in the span of 100 years.  In this day and age, however, where everything is expected to be “bigger-better-faster,” accomplishments over a 100 year time-span are often overlooked as only a “drop in the bucket” as they say.  Let’s slow...
Andy Andreasen Receives UF Alumni Award of Distinction

Andy Andreasen Receives UF Alumni Award of Distinction

  Congratulations to Andy Andreasen on being selected as a 2013 recipient of the UF College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) Award of Distinction! The CALS Alumni and Friends Award of Distinction is presented to UF/CALS alumni or friends in recognition of...
South Dakota Blizzard Devastates Ranchers

South Dakota Blizzard Devastates Ranchers

On October 4th and 5th, as Panhandle residents watched the Weather Channel concerned about Tropical Storm Karen, you may have seen some footage that discussed the two to four feet of snow that fell in the Black Hills of South Dakota.  What you may not have heard was...