by Marcelo Wallau | Sep 15, 2023
William Hammond, UF/IFAS Plant Physiologist, Marcelo Wallau, UF/IFAS Forage Extension Specialist, Clyde Fraise, UF/IFAS Agrometeorologist, and Gerard Sapes, UF/IFAS Plant Physiologist Florida is going through one of the hottest summers on record. Between February 1st...
by Doug Mayo | Sep 15, 2023
Rainfall August was very hot and dry for much of the Panhandle. Hurricane Idalia was not a welcomed guest in the Florida Big Bend but it did provide some beneficial rainfall for areas that had been very dry. You can see in the map to the left above the clear path of...
by Muhammad Shahid | Sep 8, 2023
Xinwei Liu, & Muhammad Shahid, UF Horticulture Sciences Department, and UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center Blackberry, in the genus Rubus of the family Rosaceae, is a nutritious fruit that is gaining increasing popularity. Blackberries are known...
by Marcelo Wallau | Aug 25, 2023
Marcelo Wallau, UF/IFAS Forage Extension Specialist, Clyde Fraisse, UF/IFAS Agrometeorology, Leanne Dillard, Auburn University Forage Extension Specialist, and Henry Jordan, Auburn University Variety Testing Manager Despite the record-high temperatures hitting the...
by Doug Mayo | Aug 4, 2023
Rainfall July was a hot month with near average rainfall for much of the Panhandle. In the map above to the left, you see the estimated rainfall throughout the state of Florida. Most of the Panhandle was in the 4-6″ range (gold) or the 6-8″ range (light...
by Doug Mayo | Jul 14, 2023
Rainfall June 2023 provided ample rainfall for much of the Panhandle, but it was not at all uniform. The map to the left provides estimated ranges of rainfall for the state of Florida in June. For the Panhandle, the area in yellow ranged from 4-6″, much of the...