We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: Broad-headed bugs belong to the family Alydidae, a well-known but relatively small family of plant-feeding true bugs. These ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
NCAT’s Gulf States office, in partnership with Quality Certification Services (QCS) of Gainesville, Florida, is offering a series of workshops about organic certification for producers in the Gulf States region. Three workshops are slated ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Farm Management, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, Turf, UF/IFAS ExtensionAPHIS Establishes Two Additional Regulated Area in Florida for Giant African Snail (Lissachatina fulica, formerly Achatina fulica) To: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials The Animal and Plant Health Inspection ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Farm Management, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
Parsley is a leafy, cool-season crop that belongs to the same family as celery. Many varieties of parsley are available, including: Italian, Curled Leaf, and Hamburg. The following insect pests can be a concern for commercial and personal-consumption ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot TopicWe are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: Hemicheyletia wellsina (De Leon) (Figure 1) is a predatory mite in the family Cheyletidae. The life history of species in ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease, Pests & DiseaseWe are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: The beautiful Io moth, Automeris io (Fabricius), is one of our most recognizable moths. It is distinctive because ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Recreation
The next two opportunities to earn CEUs or take the exam for Limited Commercial Landscape Maintenance or Limited Lawn and Ornamental are December 16, 2014 in Tallahassee (click on date) 121614 Leon or January 13, 2015 in Crestview (click on ... READ MORE
Category: Events, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional DevelopmentPasture Program to Focus on Toxic Plants North Florida pastures and grazing lands harbor a wide range of plants that can be toxic to grazing animals. Toxic effects can range from nearly instant death to long term organ damage resulting ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS ExtensionWe are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: The Gulf Coast tick (Fig. 1), Amblyomma maculatum, was first described by Koch in 1844. Gulf Coast ticks are found in grass ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Home Landscapes, Livestock, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, RecreationWe are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: Apocephalus borealis Brues (the zombie fly) is a member of a specialized subgenus known as Mesophora. This subgenus parasitizes ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, Livestock, Pests & Disease