by Doug Mayo | Jun 5, 2015
As in past years, May was significantly drier than April, with a great deal of variation of rainfall across the Panhandle. The National Weather Service estimates for May rainfall ranged from less than an inch along the gulf coast to more than 6 inches along the...
by Libbie Johnson | May 15, 2015
Enhancing Sustainability Options for Farmers Article by Margaret Lawrence, News Unit Manager, Alabama Cooperative Extension Weather is one of farming’s greatest challenges. But Dr. Brenda Ortiz, a corn and grain crops specialist with Alabama Extension, says farmers’...
by Doug Mayo | May 8, 2015
The University of Florida IFAS Extension offers a database of fact sheets available for free download on the Internet called EDIS (Electronic Data Information Source) that has many publications of interest to farmers and ranchers in Northwest Florida. Each fact sheet...
by Doug Mayo | May 1, 2015
If the old adage of “April Showers Bring May Flowers” is true, parts of the Panhandle should be a blooming mess very soon. The National Weather Service provides estimates of rainfall. The map above shows that there were some pockets in Escambia, Santa...
by Doug Mayo | Apr 10, 2015
The promised weak El Niño did not deliver extra rainfall for the Panhandle the past three months . Much of the region experienced abnormally dry and moderate drought conditions through the first three months of 2015. The National Weather Service estimates for the...
by Doug Mayo | Mar 6, 2015
The Western counties in the Panhandle received much lower rainfall totals than the eastern counties in January and February 2015. Portions of Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Wakulla and Jefferson had more than 10″ in the first two months of 2015. FAWN Station Summary Just...
