by mutrimermorata | Aug 8, 2025
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) is launching Operation Cleansweep for Pesticides for the 2025–26 season — a program designed to help agricultural operations safely remove old or unusable chemicals from storage. The intent of...
by Doug Mayo | Mar 14, 2025
I have been a Volunteer Precipitation Reporter for the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRahs) since November 2018, with the station ID of FL-JK-6 (Florida – Jackson County – station #6 highlighted in the map above). Every...
by ndilorenzo | Mar 7, 2025
Nicolas DiLorenzo and Tessa Hallford, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center-Marianna The Impact of The Bull Test in The Region The Florida Bull Test is designed to provide performance-tested bulls for the Southern U.S., with the overall goal of...
by Doug Mayo | Dec 13, 2024
Forty of Florida’s 67 counties, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU), and the University of Florida’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) participated in the Peanut Butter Challenge in 2024. In total, 30,831 jars (39,898...
by Doug Mayo | Nov 22, 2024
Farm City Week is celebrated across America the week before Thanksgiving. Farm City Week celebrates the bounty agriculture provides our local economy and citizens. The point is to celebrate the innovations in farming technology and the 2% of the U.S. population that...
by Doug Mayo | Sep 20, 2024
This week’s featured video was produced by the Mind Your Melon project to promote an ongoing study on the mental health of farmers, farm workers, and agricultural industry professionals in Florida. The following is a short summary that explains the project and...
