by Doug Mayo | Oct 18, 2019
This week’s featured video was produced by De Broughton, UF/IFAS Regional Crop Agent, to highlight modern farming and natural resource conservation in the Suwannee River Valley of North Central Florida. The video showcases the partnership between farmers and...
by Molly Jameson | Oct 4, 2019
Despite the summer-like temperatures we are experiencing as we begin the month of October, fall weather really is right around the corner. And there is no better way to celebrate the change in seasons than to go outside and discover local farms and food systems. When...
by Mark Mauldin | Oct 4, 2019
The Sunbelt Ag Expo is coming up October 15-17 in Moultrie, GA – make plans to attend “North America’s Premier Farm Show”®. While you are at the Expo stop by the UF/IFAS building. This year the UF/IFAS building will feature five educational, interactive...
by Pat Minogue | Oct 4, 2019
Tung oil production was once a thriving industry in the area, with 14,000 acres of orchards in north Florida, until a series of late of frosts and Hurricane Camille brought demise. Recently, increased international demand for the high value oil and development the...
by Joe Funderburk | Sep 27, 2019
Joe Funderburk, UF/IFAS Entomology Specialist The western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) has spread worldwide as a result of global trade. It directly damages numerous crops in Florida as a result of adult and larval feeding activities. It is also the key...
by Peter C. Andersen | Sep 20, 2019
On October 10, 2018 Hurricane Michael made landfall at Mexico Beach in the Florida Panhandle as a category 5 storm with 160 mph winds. The eye of this hurricane moved quickly in a northeastward trajectory impacting Marianna, Florida, and points northward. Hurricane...
