by Josh Thompson | Aug 2, 2013
Josh Thompson, Regional Agronomy IPM Agent & Doug Mayo, Jackson County Extension Director The country music singer, Alan Jackson, has a song titled, “Too much of a good thing, is a good thing.” Normally, that is right, but the excessive rains in July are an...
by Doug Mayo | Jul 26, 2013
Jackson County Cattlemen Mack Glass and Jeff Pittman shared their frustration of the weather this year with News Reporter, Bergen Baucom, WJHG Channel 7 Panama City. In the early growing season limited rainfall reduced grass growth. In July, almost daily rains have...
by Mark Mauldin | Jul 12, 2013
In recent days, farms in several central and western panhandle counties have received exceptional amounts of rainfall. Some areas reported as much as 25 inches of rain in the last week. Excessive rain and the accompanying flooding will cause a variety of problems for...
by Doug Mayo | Jul 12, 2013
Libbie Johnson, Escambia County Ag Agent, found a really cool weather data website. The National Weather Service provides estimates of rainfall based on the combination of radar estimates and data collected by weather stations. This information is used to generate...
by Matthew Orwat | Jun 18, 2013
Watermelon harvest is around the corner in the central Florida panhandle, but is actually a week or two late. This slight delay in harvest is due to the near 100 degree temperatures and lack of pollinators present. Flowers have been closing early in the day due to...
by Michael Goodchild | Jun 13, 2013
A FAWN (Florida Automated Weather Network) weather station was recently installed at Brown Pit off of Brown Road in North Walton County. The University of Florida provided Walton County with the $15,000.00 weather station. Anyone can access the data collected by...
