by Ashley Stonecipher | Dec 16, 2022
Thursday, January 26, 2023, 8:00 am- 1:00 pm – Jackson County Extension Office Auditorium, 2741 Penn Ave., Marianna Would you like to make more money off your land? Are you looking to diversify your current farm plans? The Tri-State Fruit &...
by Libbie Johnson | Dec 9, 2022
We are happy to announce registration is open for the 2023 AFVGA Annual Conference and Tradeshow! Register at AFVGA.org now. Early Bird rate of $125 now through the end of the year. We loved being in Gulf Shores in 2021, so we are returning to The Lodge at Gulf States...
by Matt Lollar | Oct 14, 2022
Fall is upon us, football is in full swing, and persimmons are ripe on the trees. (That is if you can beat the birds and deer to them.) Persimmons may be a bad memory for some people, because they’ve only ate the astringent American persimmon, Diospyros...
by Molly Jameson | Feb 25, 2022
There are five social species of bumble bees (Bombus spp.) native to Florida, and each is an important pollinator throughout the state. European honeybees provide about 85 percent of our pollinating activity that is vital for supplying one-quarter to one-third...
by Matthew Orwat | Jan 28, 2022
During cold January weather, you may not often think about spraying your orchard of fruit trees, blackberries, muscadines, and blueberry shrubs for spring insects and diseases. It’s just not on the radar. The fact is January and February are the best time to apply...
by Ashley Stonecipher | Jun 18, 2021
– Have you noticed spots on your blueberry plants and fruit lately? There is an emerging fungal disease on blueberries in the Southeastern US. Exobasidium leaf and fruit spot is a fungal disease is caused by Exobasidium maculosum, a new species of fungus first...
