The Cotton Jassid: What We Learned in 2025 & What to Expect in 2026
It has been a long couple of months since the Cotton Jassid was first detected in Florida cotton during the first week of July. Within 4 weeks, it had spread to ~115 counties across Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina. By the end of the season, the Cotton...
Recent Drought Conditions Increase Pine Bark Beetle Risk
The Panhandle has been experiencing a prolonged drought the last few months, which can carry risks for increased bark beetle activity in pine forests. Bark beetles are common forest pests in the region, and the Southern Pine Beetle is particularly noted for...
UF NuCitrus – Added Protein Makes Citrus Trees Tolerant to Citrus Greening
Brad Buck, Senior Public Relations Specialist, UF/IFAS Communications - A protein can help make some citrus more tolerant to the deadly citrus greening disease — and it’s safe. October 29, 2025 Greening disease has devastated the citrus crop in Florida, but...
Peanut Crop Insurance: What’s Available and What’s New
Kalli, Susmitha, Yangxuan Liu, University of Georgia, Hunter D. Biram, University of Arkansas, and Fayu Chong, Virginia Tech. “Peanut Crop Insurance: What’s Available and What’s New Under the OBBB Act.” Southern Ag Today - October 27, 2025. The One Big Beautiful Bill...
Cotton Marketing News: Prices and Strategies
Don Shurley, UGA Emeritus Cotton Economist The government shutdown has paused or scaled down some USDA functions, but not all. The October supply/demand (WASDE) report was not released, weekly exports data is not available, weekly crop progress and conditions data is...
Take the Florida Livestock Producers LOTEs Survey Today
Researchers at the University of Florida Department of Animal Sciences are conducting a study to investigate the use of Languages Other Than English [LOTEs] within livestock production operations in the state of Florida. The goal of the study is to help jobseekers and...
Friday Feature: American Agriculture is Losing the Trade War in the Food Commodity Export Market
This week's featured video was produced by Bloomberg Television. In this video, David Westin traveled to Iowa to meet with farmers, and industry executives to discuss the current state of row crop agriculture. What he learned was very concerning. The U.S. has been...
2025 End-of-Season Florida Peanut Disease Notes
Nicholas Dufault, Barry Tillman, and Marco Goyzueta, UF/IFAS Extension Peanut Team With the 2025 peanut season concluding, it’s a good time to review this year’s plant disease issues and prepare for the next. Last year, the focus was on soilborne diseases like white...
Managing Wild Hogs in the Florida Panhandle: Strategies for Farmers and Landowners
If you’ve noticed a group of wild pigs tearing up your fields, you’re not alone. Wild pigs are one of the most destructive invasive species in Florida, and their numbers keep growing in the Panhandle. These animals cause millions of dollars in damage every...
2025 Southeastern Hay Contest Sets New Records
Celebrating Excellence in Forage Quality Across the Southeast Adapted from the SE Hay Contest Press Release The 21st edition of the Southeastern Hay Contest (SEHC) marked another record year, with 540 entries submitted from 10 of the 13 Southeastern States. This...