by Daniel J. Leonard | Aug 8, 2025
After weeks of extreme July heat and dry conditions across much of the Panhandle, August has been a washout so far. The widespread rainy weather of the last few days has provided a brief reprieve from the heat and has been a welcome sight for those of us that have...
by mutrimermorata | Aug 8, 2025
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) is launching Operation Cleansweep for Pesticides for the 2025–26 season — a program designed to help agricultural operations safely remove old or unusable chemicals from storage. The intent of...
by external | Jul 31, 2025
Dr. Mark Abney, UGA Extension Crop Entomologist Late July and early August are generally prime time for foliage feeding caterpillars in peanut fields. Caterpillar pressure has been relatively light so far in 2025, but I have gotten a couple reports of fields at or...
by Danielle S. Williams | Jul 18, 2025
UF/IFAS Extension Gadsden County will host this year’s Big Bend Pesticide Safety Training Series. The series is a multi-county collaboration between Gadsden, Leon, and Jefferson County Extension Agents. The series is scheduled for September 8th-11th at the...
by Ray Bodrey | Jul 11, 2025
One the greatest threats to the western honey bee, Apis mellifera Linnaeus, is a mite species known as Varroa destructor. Unfortunately, the Florida Panhandle is within the range of this hive devastating pest. Oxalic acid treatment has been shown to work well against...
by jbittar | Jul 11, 2025
Bruna A. Feliciano; Beatriz S. Nemoto; Ameer A. Megahed; Alireza R. Shahraki; Viviani Gomes; João Bittar, UF/IFAS Beef Cattle Extension Veterinarian Leptospirosis (aka Lepto) is a disease caused by a spirochete bacterium belonging to the genus Leptospira and...
