Rodents destroy stored feed, damage crops, infest buildings, and chew through wires, plastic pipes and irrigation lines. They can be troublesome in barns, fruit groves and packing houses. Rodents can carry diseases and parasites that can be ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Livestock, Pests & Disease, Wildlife
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a broad approach to managing pests on your farm and considers growth of a healthy crop, human health, ecosystem health and economic inputs when using strategies to deter pests. IPM uses a number ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
I visited an organic strawberry grower the other day who was worried about a rapidly expanding disease in part of her field containing the Camarosa variety. The symptoms were what you see before you: leaf spots constrained within the leaf ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Horticulture, Pests & Disease
Lantana (Lantana camara ) is a popular ornamental plant. Lantana first became popular in the 18th century as a landscape plant. Unfortunately due to the aggressiveness of this woody perennial, lantana is considered one of the top ten most problematic ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease
The UF/IFAS Hamilton County Extension Office will be hosting a peanut production meeting for interested peanut producers from Hamilton and surrounding counties on February 26, 2018 at the Extension Office in Jasper, Florida. This year the meeting ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Pests & Disease
Lantana (Lantana camara ) is a popular ornamental plant. Lantana first became popular in the 18th century as a landscape plant. Unfortunately due to the aggressiveness of this woody perennial, lantana is considered one of the top ten most problematic ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease
Arrowleaf Sida Arrowleaf Sida, sometimes referred to as Teaweed, is an erect growing plant with smooth stems that seldom branch, broad lance-shaped leaves, and a toothed leaf margin. Flowers are generally yellow to yellow-orange. Arrowleaf ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease
Survey of Insecticides Available for Homeowners in Lee County, Florida: 2013 The insecticides below are first listed by their family name, for example, Benzoylureas and Neonicontinoids. Knowing the insecticide family is critical when developing ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & DiseaseInsecticides and acaricides registered for use in early 2011 in landscape, nursery, greenhouse or field-grown ornamentals READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
Survey of Fungicides Available for Homeowners in Lee County, Florida Fungicides within the same group have similar chemistries and similar biochemical modes of action within fungal cells. It is prudent to rotate fungicides from different classes ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease