by Doug Mayo | Nov 2, 2018
Brad Buck, UF/IFAS Communication Service Scientists at the UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center, particularly its Marianna facility, may take a while to fully recover their research after it was damaged by Hurricane Michael, University of Florida...
by Doug Mayo | Oct 8, 2018
Farmers in Florida worry every fall about potential damage from a hurricane. Most of the media attention focuses on families in coastal communities, but not as much attention is provided for farmers and ranchers. Emergency responders are also likely to target their...
by Doug Mayo | Oct 5, 2018
Rainfall September 2018 was a very unique month. Tropical Storm Gordon dumped significant rainfall in Franklin, Gulf, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, and Escambia Counties in the Florida Panhandle and Southwestern Alabama. As bad as that was, it did not compare to severe...
by Libbie Johnson | Oct 5, 2018
Farmers in the Western Panhandle are in agreement — dry weather is needed to get the crops out to gins and buying points. Currently, climatologists are predicting a 62% chance of experiencing El Niño conditions for the next 3 months. What does that mean to a farmer...
by Libbie Johnson | Sep 28, 2018
For most row crop growers in Florida, Tropical Storm Gordon had minimal impact. However, in the westernmost part of the state, much of the cotton suffered significant damage. Though the winds were not extremely strong, the combination of saturated soils and winds...
by Doug Mayo | Sep 7, 2018
Rainfall August rainfall was highly variable, but in general above average for much of the Panhandle. Most of the region received 6″ to 10″ (red and dark red), but there were areas that received more than 10″ (hot pink or lavender). The Florida...
