by external | Oct 11, 2024
Source: FDACS News Release Florida farmers impacted by Hurricane Helene can apply for interest-free loans to repair, replace infrastructure. Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson announced that Florida farmers, ranchers, and growers impacted by Hurricane...
by external | Sep 20, 2024
Megan Winslow, Public Relations Specialist, UF/IFAS Communications Hurricane Debby formed as a tropical depression on August 3, 2024 near Cuba, before moving into the Gulf of Mexico and strengthening into a tropical storm.. It gradually intensified, attaining Category...
by Doug Mayo | Sep 13, 2024
Rainfall August was really hot and dry for much of the Panhandle, as Hurricane Debby sucked all of the moisture out of the Gulf and dumped it on Southeast Georgia and South Carolina. Looking at the maps above, the divide between the areas that got drenched or...
by Doug Mayo | Aug 9, 2024
Rainfall July 2024 was a mix of drought ending rainfall with high temperatures in between thunderstorms in the Florida Panhandle. The map above to the left showed that estimated July rainfall in the Panhandle ranged from 5-6.5″ (light green),...
by Daniel J. Leonard | Aug 2, 2024
In scouting peanut fields over the last week, things mostly look good! Fields have recovered from an excessively hot, dry June, plants have lapped, or nearly lapped the row middles, and weeds are mostly cleaned up. However, of immediate concern is the emergence of...
by external | Aug 2, 2024
Pam Knox, Director of the UGA Weather Network and Agricultural Climatologist As expected, the disorganized mass of thunderstorms that recently developed in the Atlantic is becoming more organized and has been designated as Investigation 97L (likely to be called...
