by John Doyle Atkins | Oct 9, 2020
– Santa Rosa County Extension conducted a five-acre peanut variety demonstration with Mickey Diamond, Diamond Farms in Jay, Florida. Since an in-person field day was not possible in August, we decided to do a short video to explain the project . In the video,...
by Mathews Paret | Sep 25, 2020
Susannah Da Silva, Mathews Paret, Bob Hochmuth, Fanny Iriarte, Ben Broughton,UF/IFAS North Floirida Research and Education Center, Pam Roberts, UF/IFAS Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, and Bill Turechek, USDA ARS Approximately 6500 acres of watermelons...
by Mark Mauldin | Sep 18, 2020
Cogongrass is by no means a new issue in Northwest Florida, this highly aggressive, invasive species has been causing problems in pastures, pine plantations, rights-of way, and about everywhere else you can think of for many years. Just because cogongrass is not new...
by Nicholas Dufault | Sep 4, 2020
Nicholas Dufault, Ian Small, Santosh Sanjel, Jay Capasso and Kevin Korus, UF/IFAS Peanut Team – As we approach the end of the peanut production season, Florida’s peanut farmers need to be wary of peanut rust. Rust has been identified in fields in Columbia,...
by Doug Mayo | Sep 4, 2020
Dr. Ann Blount, UF/IFAS Forage Breeder, coordinated with county extension agents across North Florida to establish warm-season annual forage legume variety demonstration plots, in the summer of 2020. Special thanks to Kelly Seed and Seedway for donating the seeds for...
by Zane Grabau | Aug 28, 2020
Zane Grabau, Entomology & Nematology Department, Jose Dubeux, NFREC-Marianna), Marcelo Wallau, Agronomy Department, and Mussie Tsegay, Graduate Student, Entomology & Nematology Department – In fields supporting dairy operations, corn is often grown in...
