Produce Safety Alliance (PSA) Grower Training – May 23
The UF/IFAS Extension Food Safety Team will be hosting a Produce Safety Alliance (PSA) Grower Training on Friday, May 23rd, 2025, at the Gadsden County Extension Office, located at 2140 W. Jefferson St., Quincy, FL. The training will begin at 8:00 AM Eastern and end...
Friday Feature: One Shining Moment – Highlights from the 2025 NCAA Basketball Tournament
This week's featured video has nothing to do with agriculture, but it was too exciting not to share. The video was published by CBS Sports to share the highlights of the 2025 NCAA Basketball Tournament that featured the University of Florida's national championship...
FloRun™ ‘725’ – A New High Yielding, Disease Resistant Peanut Variety
A new high yielding and disease resistant peanut variety was released in January 2024 by the University of Florida's, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, North Florida Research and Education Center (NFREC) in Marianna, Florida. The new variety is...
Nutrient Management for Vegetable Growers in the Florida Panhandle
Best Management Practices (BMPs) for water quality enhancement and conservation are essential to the long-term sustainability of agriculture and natural resources in Northwest Florida. BMPs allow producers to gain knowledge and understand how to decrease their impact...
1st Quarter 2025 Weather Summary and 2nd Quarter Outlook
Rainfall The climate forecast of a warmer and drier than normal La Niña winter came true for the most part in the Panhandle. The maps above show the variation from normal rainfall in January, February, and March. In general. all of the gold, orange and red areas on...
Cotton Marketing News: Planting Intentions Overview and Considerations
Don Shurley, UGA Emeritus Cotton Economist Farmers say they intend to plant 9.87 million acres of cotton this year—down 11.8% from last year. This is based on a survey of producers conducted by USDA during the first two weeks of March. These estimates reflect farmer...
Florida Beef Cattle Short Course – May 7-9
The 74th Annual Beef Cattle Short Course will be hosted on May 7-9, 2025, in Gainesville.The theme for 2025 is "Riding the High Tide - Decision Making in a Record Cattle Market." A slate of nationally renowned speakers is scheduled to provide information on genetics,...
Friday Feature: International Scout Making a Come Back
This week's featured video was published by CBS Saturday Morning to share the story of the International Harvester Scout and the comeback planned for 2027. The last Scout came off the assembly-line in 1980. Since it was no longer in production, the Scout became a...
Pasture Management During the Spring Transition
The calendar and the weather agree, spring has sprung. Earlier today I made two observations which lend further credence to that conclusion. 1) my truck has turned yellow (under a thick coating of pollen) and 2) there was a line, literally out the door, at a...
MARC Across-Breed EPDs Updated for 2025
Expected Progeny Differences (EPDs) have been a major tool for genetic selection of breeding cattle for many years. One of the issues, though, is that EPDs are only useful within a single specific breed. Because each breed manages and presents its own data somewhat...