by Josh Freeman | Sep 15, 2017
As if the fall season wasn’t challenging enough from a pest and disease perspective, throw in a hurricane and it gets much worse. Luckily, the storm missed most of the Panhandle. Tomato and cucurbit producing areas in Gadsden and Jackson counties likely saw the...
by Doug Mayo | Sep 15, 2017
Source: Florida Farm Bureau The resiliency of Florida’s farmers and ranchers is on full display in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. They are working to restore food and fiber production for this state and the nation, despite the widespread destruction of crops,...
by Doug Mayo | Sep 15, 2017
This week’s featured video was a CBS News report on the damage from Hurricane Irma to Citrus in Southwest Florida. The story features Paul Meador, Citrus Grower and Gene McAvoy, UF/IFAS Regional Vegetable Agent, who were out earlier this week assessing damage...
by Doug Mayo | Sep 8, 2017
August was another rainy month across the Panhandle, but there was a wide variation in rainfall across the region. The western counties had large areas with 10-15 inches (hot pink) and even some areas nearer to the coast with more than 15″. The eastern...
by Doug Mayo | Aug 4, 2017
Rainfall July was more typical than the previous month with scattered summer showers that were anything but uniform. For the most part, coastal areas received higher totals than further inland. While there were isolated areas in hot pink that received over 10″...
by btillman | Jul 28, 2017
The rainy June and July have been both a blessing and a curse. A blessing because the crops have not suffered for lack of water and a curse for peanut because wet fields prevented or delayed fungicide application and because it provides ideal conditions for fungal...
