by Xavier Martini | Nov 10, 2022
Xavier Martini, Thomson Paris, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Research and Education Center Mass trapping is a control measure used to capture high numbers of a target pest to reduce their population in the field. Instead of killing the pest with an insecticide,...
by Isaac Esquivel | Oct 14, 2022
Isaac Esquivel, Field & Forage Crop Entomologist, North Florida Research and Education Center, and Marcello Wallau, Forage Extension Specialist, UF/IFAS Agronomy Department Dr. Wallau and I have been getting quite a few calls the past couple of weeks about mole...
by Daniel J. Leonard | Sep 30, 2022
In October 2018, Hurricane Michael rolled through the Central Panhandle, destroying millions of acres of commercial pine forests. In the years since, a remarkable amount of work has been done to clean up and replant most of these destroyed acres. Many of these...
by Doug Mayo | Aug 19, 2022
This week’s trio of featured videos share highlights from the 2022 UF/IFAS Peanut Field Day. The first video was created by the Panhandle Ag Extension Team to introduce each presenter who shared a brief overview of the information they presented on the field...
by Libbie Johnson | Aug 12, 2022
It’s early August, and the peanuts are looking pretty in Santa Rosa County from all the rain we’ve received. Driving around last Friday, I stopped in a peanut field to visit with a grower about TSWV, and we noticed a lot of birds in the field.Cow...
by Matt Lollar | Aug 12, 2022
Matt Lollar, UF/IFAS Extension Santa Rosa, and Dr. Xavier Martini, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center, Quincy The diaprepes root weevil (aka the Apopka weevil) is expanding its spread in North Florida and is now in Bay County. The weevil has...
