by Saundra TenBroeck | Dec 16, 2022
Saundra TenBroeck, UF/IFAS State Extension Horse Specialist Days are getting shorter, and nights are getting colder. Though the mosquito burden is subsiding, there are still fly pests of horses that seem to fair very well in the cooler months of the year in Florida....
by Mark Mauldin | Nov 18, 2022
UF/IFAS Extension, Washington County is offering a series of trainings for licensed applicators or those who would like to obtain a Florida Pesticide Applicators License. Each session will provide CEUs for licensed applicators and serve as exam preparation for those...
by Zane Grabau | Nov 11, 2022
Nematodes are one of the major challenges that peanut growers deal with. Peanut root-knot nematode is the main nematode pest for Florida peanut growers. Crop rotation, nematicide application, and use of resistant varieties are the main tools available for growers....
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 Pratap Devkota | Nov 4, 2022
Pratap Devkota, Weed Scientist, UF/IFAS West Florida Research and Education Center, Jay, FL Peanut is commonly grown in close proximity to cotton and soybean fields in Florida Panhandle. So, there is potential for a peanut crop to be exposed to herbicides...
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...
