by Abbey Smith | Feb 27, 2026
The 2026 Citrus Health Forum was held on Thursday, February 19, at the North Florida Research & Education Center in Quincy, Florida. There were 5 educational presentations, a grower’s association update, 9 event sponsors, and 8 trade-show booths. Speakers included...
by Kalyn Waters | Feb 20, 2026
One Billion Dollars! It is insane to think that flies cost U.S. cattle producers $1 billion annually. The most common and costly of these flies is the Horn Fly. Horn fly damage is a result of the fly’s blood feeding on cattle, causing irritation and blood loss. Cattle...
by Nicholas Dufault | Oct 24, 2025
Nicholas Dufault, Barry Tillman, and Marco Goyzueta, UF/IFAS Extension Peanut Team With the 2025 peanut season concluding, it’s a good time to review this year’s plant disease issues and prepare for the next. Last year, the focus was on soilborne diseases like white...
by Evan Anderson | Sep 24, 2021
Evan Anderson, UF/IFAS Extension Walton County, Horticulture Agent Pests come in many forms, from tiny sucking mites to weeds that tower ten feet tall. Chances are, whatever the pest is, there’s a pesticide to fight it. Pesticides may tend to be the first solutions we...
by Ethan Carter | Mar 5, 2021
– Throughout the month of February, the Panhandle Ag Extension Team hosted a four-part virtual series geared towards cotton, peanut, corn, and soybean production, as well as precision agriculture. Extension specialists from Florida, Georgia, and Alabama provided...
by Jennifer Bearden | Aug 28, 2020
Crop protection chemicals are vitally important to the agriculture industry and need to be protected. The “war on chemicals” is a true threat to the pesticides we rely on. That threat is challenging to manage except by advocating and telling the story of stewardship...
