by Donna Arnold | Oct 25, 2024
The Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) Research and Education Center (REC), in Quincy, Florida and FAMU Extension Gadsden County are hosting the 2024 Sugarcane Field Day. The event will be held on Thursday November 7th, at the FAMU REC in Quincy at...
by Abbey Payne | Oct 11, 2024
The cold hardy citrus industry in the Big Bend and Eastern Panhandle of Florida took a direct hit from Hurricane Helene. Many farmers experienced fruit drop, broken tree limbs, and overall damaged trees. The more recent Hurricane Milton serves as a reminder about the...
by Xavier Martini | Oct 4, 2024
Xavier Martini, & Derrick Conover, North Florida Research and Education Center, Danielle Williams, UF/IFAS Extension Gadsden County, and Lauren Diepenbrock, Citrus Research and Education Center Sap Beetles We received several calls from growers last week...
by Matt Lollar | Oct 4, 2024
Mushrooms aren’t the first crop that comes to mind when designating use of the back forty. However, it may be a crop to consider for spots with some tree cover. And mushroom production can bring in significant revenue to the farm, because shiitake mushrooms...
by Danielle S. Williams | Sep 13, 2024
Please join UF/IFAS Extension for the Orchard Crop Diversification Field Day, on Wednesday, October 23rd. This event will be held from 8:30 – 11:30AM Eastern Time, at the UF/IFAS North Florida Research & Education Center (NFREC), located at 155 Research Road,...
by Doug Mayo | Sep 13, 2024
This week’s featured video was published by Farm World of Australia to highlight the farm production, harvest, and processing of a very unique tropical fruit, pineapples. Pineapples are a tropical fruit that is primarily grown in other countries around the...