by Doug Mayo | Sep 9, 2022
Researchers at the University of Florida (UF/IFAS) have successfully grown plants in lunar soil extracted from three NASA missions to the Moon. Rob Feral and Anna Lisa Paul, UF/IFAS Horticulture Department, were the first scientist to show that plants can be grown in...
by wickens carissa | Aug 26, 2022
Carissa Wickens, UF/IFAS Extension Equine Specialist, Department of Animal Sciences During the summer months in Florida, we expect periods of high heat and humidity, but exposure to extreme temperatures when the heat index (how hot it really feels when the...
by Doug Mayo | Aug 26, 2022
This week’s featured video was produced by Farm Progress Daily for use in a recent article in SE Farm Press to highlight a prototype ultralight aircraft that is being debuted at the 2022 Farm Progress Show, in Boone Iowa next week. The Ryse Aero Recon is an...
by external | Aug 19, 2022
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Ten days ago, my headline said “Prices Should Begin to Find Direction Soon”. Direction has now been realized as prices have gained significantly—giving growers new hope after we were in the upper 80’s just a few...
by Doug Mayo | Aug 19, 2022
This week’s trio of featured videos share highlights from the 2022 UF/IFAS Peanut Field Day. The first video was created by the Panhandle Ag Extension Team to introduce each presenter who shared a brief overview of the information they presented on the field...
by external | Aug 12, 2022
Dr. Mark Abney, UGA Peanut Entomologist An NGO group is currently petitioning the US EPA to revoke all food use tolerances for the organophosphate class of chemistry. In peanut this means phorate (Thimet) and acephate (Orthene). This is not a good situation....
