by Josh Freeman | Sep 15, 2017
As if the fall season wasn’t challenging enough from a pest and disease perspective, throw in a hurricane and it gets much worse. Luckily, the storm missed most of the Panhandle. Tomato and cucurbit producing areas in Gadsden and Jackson counties likely saw the...
by Doug Mayo | Aug 4, 2017
This week’s featured video was produced by Erin Freel to promote TKM Bengard Farms, Belle Glade. This video highlights the four generations of the Basor family that produces 15 different types of lettuce and other produce in the rich, fertile muck soils just...
by Matt Lollar | Jun 9, 2017
Cassava, also called yuca (not to be confused with the ornamental plant Yucca), tapioca, or manioc in other regions of the world, is a tropical root crop native to South America. Cassava belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family, which is known for plants with milky sap...
by Blake Thaxton | Apr 28, 2017
The local food movement has grown tremendously over the past several years. People have become more interested in how their food is produced and where it comes from. New farms have popped up to try to satisfy this demand. You might be one of these new farmers and you...
by Josh Freeman | Apr 21, 2017
I realize that most vegetable producers have just settled into their spring crops, everything is well on its way, and you can put it on maintenance mode for a few weeks. But before long, if you haven’t already, it will be time to make plans for fall crops. This is...
by Joe Funderburk | Apr 7, 2017
Joe Funderburk, NFREC-UF/IFAS, Professor of Entomology Megalurothrips is an Old World genus of thrips associated with the flowers of legumes (Fabaceae), with one species in Africa and twelve species in Asia. The Oriental bean thrips, Megalurothrips distalis, was first...
