by Ann Blount | Oct 13, 2017
Ann Blount, Sunny Liao, Florencia Marcon and Cheryl Mackowiak, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center “What is an Endophyte and why are they in my grass pastures?” may be a question that cattlemen in Florida have never asked before, but they are starting...
by Blake Thaxton | Sep 22, 2017
Pecans are grown throughout the Panhandle of Florida. The western side of the Panhandle tends to be acreage dedicated to home gardeners, while the eastern counties have more commercial acreage. Regardless, many in the agriculture community are interested in pecans,...
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 btillman | Jul 28, 2017
The rainy June and July have been both a blessing and a curse. A blessing because the crops have not suffered for lack of water and a curse for peanut because wet fields prevented or delayed fungicide application and because it provides ideal conditions for fungal...
by Ian Small | Jul 21, 2017
Ian Small, Kelly O’Brien, and David Wright, UF/IFAS NFREC Quincy, and Ethan Carter , UF/IFAS Regional Crop IPM Agent Soybean rust was confirmed in early-planted soybean sentinel plots on June 26, 2017 at the UF/IFAS Extension Office in Marianna Florida. Ethan Carter,...
by Doug Mayo | Jul 21, 2017
The Yellow Bahiagrass Hayfield At the end of June, a Jackson County rancher noticed something strange about his hay field. The field was gradually turning yellow and was not growing well. Typically plants turn yellow as the result of a nitrogen deficiency, but this...