by Mark Mauldin | Feb 7, 2025
Calling all watermelon growers, commercial to gardeners. Planting season is just around the corner. As you plan your plantings don’t forget about the Big Melon Contest at the Panhandle Watermelon Festival. The festival and the contest have been summer-time staples in...
by Abbey Smith | Jan 31, 2025
The 2025 Tri-State Fruit & Vegetable Conference was held on Tuesday, January 28. There were 5 educational presentations and a tradeshow with 11 booths. Speakers included UF/IFAS Extension faculty, UGA Extension, and Alabama Cooperative Extension specialists...
by Abbey Smith | Nov 22, 2024
Fruit and vegetable growers from across the Florida Panhandle, as well as Southern Alabama and Georgia are invited to attend the 2025 Tri-State Fruit & Vegetable Conference. The 2025 conference will be held on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, at the Jackson County...
by bobhoch | Jun 21, 2024
Bob Hochmuth, Regional Specialized Extension Agent- Vegetable Crops, with input from Suwannee Valley Extension Agents: Mark Warren (Levy), Tyler Pittman (Gilchrist), Tatiana Sanchez-Jones (Alachua), Luke Harlow (Bradford), Dan Fenneman (Madison), Keith Wynn...
by bobhoch | May 24, 2024
Bob Hochmuth, Regional Specialized Extension Agent – Vegetable Crops, with input from Suwannee Valley Extension Agents: Mark Warren (Levy), Tyler Pittman (Gilchrist), Tatiana Sanchez (Alachua), Luke Harlow (Bradford), Dan Fenneman (Madison), Keith Wynn...
by bobhoch | May 17, 2024
Welcome to this week’s UF/IFAS Extension Suwannee Valley Watermelon Crop Update. This update covers the last two weeks, as the last one ran in our Panhandle Ag newsletter was April 29. These updates are summarized by Bob Hochmuth, Regional Specialized Extension...