Tag: Field Crops

Fertilizer Source Matters: A Comparison of Alternatives for Nutrient Content

by Mike Loizzo
January 27, 2026

Fertilizer source is one of the four Rs of fertilizer management (Right source, Right place, Right time, and Right placement). Mineral fertilizers are typically synthesized (i.e., nitrogen from the Haber-Bosch process) or mined from mineral ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Farm Management, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Best Management Practices, BMPs, Cheryl Mackowiak, Conservation, Fertility, Fertilization, Field Crops, Forage & Pasture, General Agriculture, Horticulture, Natural Resources, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences

FloRun ‘725’, A New High Yielding, Disease Resistant Peanut Variety

by Barry Tillman
March 21, 2025

A new high yielding and disease resistant peanut variety was released in January 2024 by the University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, North Florida Research and Education Center (NFREC) in Marianna, Florida. ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Pests & Disease
Tags: Disease, Field Crops, Peanut, SV Ag Update

New Insect and Mite Control Guide for Florida Cotton Growers

by Ken Gioeli
September 8, 2017

Joe Funderburk, Professor of Entomology, NFREC Quincy A UF/IFAS EDIS fact sheet is now available entitled "Insect and Mite Integrated Pest Management in Florida Cotton" by Joe Funderburk, Nicole Casuso, Norman Leppla, and Michael Donahue. The ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Cotton, Field Crops, Insects, Panhandle Agriculture, Pest Management

Can I Get Some of That? If You Want to try New Peanut Varieties Ask Now

by Ken Gioeli
March 3, 2017

When I was young, Sunday mornings consisted of getting ready for church, eating breakfast together as a family, and making the 30 to 45 minute ride to church, which seemed to take forever. Breakfast was hot baked cinnamon rolls and a big ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Field Crops, Panhandle Agriculture, Peanut

The Peanut Burrower Bug – an Emerging Pest in Peanuts

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February 17, 2017

Xavier Martini, David Wright, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center Burrower bugs are small Heteroptera insects with piercing/sucking mouthparts (Figure 1). There are six different species of burrower bugs that have been found ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Burrower Bug, Field Crops, Insects, Panhandle Agriculture, Peanut, Pest Management

Rice Production in Florida – a Minor, yet Uniquely Valuable Crop

by Judy Biss
November 4, 2016

On a recent trip to Arkansas, I was captivated by the beauty of vast fields of flooded rice nearly ready for harvest. That image is just something you don’t see every day in the Florida Panhandle! Equally interesting is the fact that ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Field Crops, Panhandle Agriculture, Rice, Small Grain

When It’s All Said and Done – Lessons Learned from the 2016 Peanut Season

by Ken Gioeli
October 28, 2016

As the saying goes, “hind-sight is 20-20.” As I’m writing this, peering through my bifocals, I wish my vision was still 20-20. But that’s another topic. As peanut harvest comes to a close, it’s often a good time to assess the ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Disease, Field Crops, Insects, Panhandle Agriculture, Peanut, Pest Management

Thrips-transmitted Viruses Infect a Number of Florida Crops

by jef1
September 9, 2016

Garima Kakkar, UF/IFAS, St Lucie County Extension, Fort Pierce; Joe Funderburk, UF/IFAS, North Florida Research and Education Center, Quincy; Scott Adkins, USDA-ARS, Horticultural Research Laboratory, Fort Pierce The thrips-transmitted tospoviruses ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Disease, Field Crops, Horticulture, Panhandle Agriculture, Peanut, Pest Management, Tomato, Vegetables

Fungicide Considerations for the Mid-point of the Peanut Growing Season

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July 22, 2016

Mid July is the time of year where, for most of us, we are at the mid-point in our peanut production season. The peanut plants, if not already lapped, are at a point where the canopy traps humidity and extends leaf wetness periods near the ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Disease, Field Crops, Panhandle Agriculture, Peanut, Pest Management

Panhandle Cotton Insect Situation

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June 24, 2016

Cotton throughout the area is squaring heavily and most of our oldest cotton is probably a week away from first bloom. There are reports of some fields being treated for tarnished plant bugs feeding on pinhead squares. It’s important ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Cotton, Field Crops, Insects, Panhandle Agriculture, Pest Management, Tanish Plant Bug

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