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...
Demand Outlook for a Record U.S. Corn Crop
Will Maples, Mississippi Extension, “Demand Outlook for a Record U.S. Corn Crop.” Southern Ag Today. October 22, 2025 Throughout this growing season, much of the conversation has centered around expectations for a historically large U.S. corn crop. In its September...
Farm Credit of Northwest Florida Announces the 2026 AgVocator Scholarship Program – Application Deadline January 31
Farm Credit of Northwest Florida is proud to announce the opening of its 2026 AgVocator Scholarship Program, reaffirming its commitment to investing in the future of agriculture and rural communities in Northwest Florida. This year, one exceptional student will be...
Friday Feature: Ford Farms Featured on Local News Story about Peanuts
This week's featured video was a news story produced by Emmeline Ivy for WJHG News Channel 7, in Panama City. Larry Ford, Marianna, and his grandson Daniel Stoutamire share what peanut farming means for their family. Ivy captured the story during peanut...
Dr. Saundra TenBroeck is Looking Forward to Looking Back after 40 Years of Service
Saundra TenBroeck, State Extension Horse Specialist, Department of Animal Sciences In 1984, with Roger West as department chair, the Department of Animal Sciences launched a two-year search for someone to give departmental leadership to youth livestock programs. He...
Direct Marketing: How Panhandle Produce Growers Are Adapting
As fruit and vegetable growers in the Florida Panhandle contend with rising input costs, supply chain volatility, and shifting consumer demand, many are turning to direct marketing strategies as a way to stabilize income and strengthen local customer relationships....
La Niña is Back Again
Pam Knox, Director of the UGA Weather Network and Agricultural Climatologist In September, the cooler-than-normal ocean temperatures in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean expanded and La Nina conditions were officially declared in an October 9 ENSO briefing, by...