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Satsuma: a New (Old) Alternative Crop for North Florida
A Two Year Old Satsuma Grove Near Marianna, Florida around 1920State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/156264 North Florida, specifically Jackson County,...
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Protect Young Satsuma Trees when Temperatures drop into the 20′s
Mature, dormant Satsuma trees are cold hardy down to 14° – 18 °F, young trees need protection if temperatures dip into the upper 20s. Photo credit David Marshall According to the National Weather...
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Cottony Cushion Scale – Sighted this Spring in Northwest Florida
Cottony Cushion Scale (Icerya purchasi) is a serious pest on citrus and has already been observed at multiple sites in the Florida Panhandle. The Satsuma Tangerine, Citrus unshiu, is currently the...
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Kudzu Bug Makes First Appearance in Wakulla County
Kudzu bugs, with a taste for legumes, cotton and citrus, have made their first appearance in Wakulla County. The Kudzu Bug also known as the bean plataspid (Megacopta cribraria, Fabricius), was...
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Panhandle Fresh Looking for More Farmers
Panhandle Fresh is a marketing association formed to help local farmers market their produce collectively to food distributors such as Walmart and Sysco. The Panhandle Fresh Marketing Association...
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Citrus Variety Trials Underway at UF/IFAS NFREC-Quincy
A citrus variety trial was established in 2011 at the North Florida Research and Education Center to evaluate their potential for Northwest Florida. Photo Credit:Doug Mayo Researchers at the UF/IFAS...
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New UF EDIS Fact Sheets for Horticulture Crops
The University of Florida IFAS Extension offers a database of fact sheets available for free download on the Internet called EDIS (Electronic Data Information Source) that has many publications of...
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Come Visit UF/IFAS at the 2013 Sunbelt Ag Expo
October 15 – 17, 2013 in Moultrie, GA Each year University of Florida IFAS Extension participates in the annual Sunbelt Ag Expo in Moultrie Georgia. The Sunbelt Ag Expo is the largest agricultural expo...
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Citrus Canker found in Northwest Florida
Citrus Canker lesions on leaves. Photo Credit: Beth Bolles, UF/IFAS Extension – Escambia County Blake Thaxton & Mary Derrick, UF/IFAS Extension – Santa Rosa Co. Mikaela Anderson, FDACS Division of...
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Satsuma Protection in Cold Weather Extremes
Citrus tree in Jackson County under the protection of a micro-irrigation system. Image Credit Doug Mayo This week, Northwest Florida received some of the coldest weather in recent years, with lows...
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GAPs Food Safety Training January 30th
Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) Training: Food Safety and the USDA Audit January 30, 2014, 9:00am-2:00pm CST Washington County Ag Center Fresh produce farmers can learn how to develop a Food Safety...
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New UF/IFAS Factsheets added to EDIS for Ag in April 2014
EDIS is the University of Florida’s Official website with fact sheets available to download on a wide variety of topics for free. The University of Florida IFAS Extension offers a database of fact...
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In Case You Missed It – Cucurbit & Satsuma Meeting Content is now Online
Dr. Pete Andersen talks about satsuma varieties at the Panhandle Satsuma Meeting in Marianna. Thank you to all those who attended the Tri-State Cucurbit and Panhandle Satsuma Meetings held in Jackson...
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Satsumas Return to North Florida
Author: Jose Perez, UF/IFAS Small Farms Extension Coordinator Tour a Satsuma Grove on October 11 There was a time when citrus production was booming in North Florida. In the 1920’s, Jackson County,...
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Panhandle Citrus Producers Need to Know Symptoms of Canker and Greening
Florida’s citrus producers, as well as backyard growers have battled detrimental issues like hard freezes and storm damage over the years. However, in recent years, emergent bacterial diseases known...
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Two Weeks Left to Register for the Fruit & Vegetable Conference – October 11
The Panhandle Fruit & Vegetable Conference is just around the corner. The conference will provide a great opportunity for networking and sharing practical farming knowledge that can help farmers...
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Panhandle Fruit & Vegetable Conference Highlights
The Panhandle Ag Extension Team hosted the inaugural Panhandle Fruit & Vegetable Conference on Tuesday, October 11. The conference featured three concurrent session tracks for participants to...
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Citrus Health Forum – February 23
Oranges on trees in a grove at the Citrus Research and Education Center. Photo taken on 03/04/16. Florida citrus growers are welcomed to attend the 2017 Citrus Health Forum, February 23rd at the North...
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Late Winter Citrus Management Considerations
Both niche market farmers and home gardeners may be uncertain about late winter management of Satsuma trees. Several questions that have come in to the Extension Office recently include: Should I...
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Georgia Citrus Association Annual Meeting – February 27
Oranges on trees in a grove at the Citrus Research and Education Center. Source: UF/IFAS Archives The Georgia Citrus Association will be holding their annual meeting on February 27 from 9 AM to 3 PM in...
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