UF/IFAS Extension Jackson County is pleased to announce that Abigail (Abbey) Payne is the new Commercial and Environmental Horticulture Agent. Abbey will be focusing on consultations and educational programs for specialty crop ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension,
On July 1, 2023, Senate Bill 1164 / House Bill 1279 became law as Florida Chapter 2023-154. This bill covered a range of items that the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) will regulate. One key ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Horticulture, Livestock, Pests & Disease
Pecans have long been an important and high-value agricultural crop, and that hasn’t changed as we progress through the 21st century. Pecans are native to the USA and Mexico, with their natural habitat being riverbanks and floodplains west ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Horticulture
Just in case you have not heard already, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has implemented changes to how antimicrobials (antibiotics) will be sold for livestock production starting June 11th, 2023 through the Guidance for Industry (GFI) ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Livestock- USDA’s National Agricultural Statistic Service (NASS) released the January 1 Cattle Inventory Report on January 31, 2023. NASS estimates the national cattle inventory twice per year, on January 1 and July 1. These reports can be a ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Livestock, UF/IFAS Extension
The holiday season is over, family and friends have gone back home, the holiday decorations have been put away. College football crowned a new champion and a new farming year has begun. Planting season is coming fast, but January ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Livestock
Rainfall 2022 was a unique weather year in the Panhandle. After several wetter than normal years, the end of 2022 got significantly drier than it has been in recent years. The map above shows the comparison of actual ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Horticulture, LivestockDiscussions about money can be awkward in almost every type of relationship, but even more so between landowners and farmers, or employers and employees. As we close out 2022, many farmers and landowners have begun discussions about renewing ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Livestock
A Farm-City Celebration has been held annually in Jackson County for 49 of the last 51 years. The exceptions were 2001 when the Armory was not available after 911, and 2020 during the COVID19 pandemic. For the past decade, this annual celebration ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture
As I travel around Jackson County lately I have noticed that pasture grass is in short supply on most livestock operations. The combination of flash drought (95-102° temperatures without rainfall) and little fertilization of pastures has ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Livestock