A Robotic Mower Debuts at the Gulf Coast Turfgrass Expo & Field Day
A new research project at the West Florida Research and Education Center in Jay, FL is looking into the quality of turfgrass cut with a robotic mower made by Honda. The study is to determine whether the quality of St. Augustinegrass can be improved by continuous mowing with a robotic mower at 2.4″ height instead of the traditional mowing height of 3.5″, removing only a third of leaf blade material per mowing. Read on for more information about this “cutting edge” technology!
Summer Is Time For Pollinators
National Pollinator Week is only recognized in June, but efforts to encourage pollinators shouldn’t end then. Without pollinators, we simply wouldn’t have many crops! Click here to learn more about and help conserve these critical creatures.
Bay County Air Potato Challenge and Invasive Species Awareness Day a Success
On June 6th, an Invasive Species Workshop: Air Potato Challenge and Species Awareness day was held at the UF/IFAS Bay County Extension Office. Over 700 air potato leaf beetles were distributed to more than 30 sites in Northwest Florida by citizen scientists to help manage the invasive air potato vine! In attendance were the University of Florida Wildlife Ecology program, representatives from Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), and Science and Discovery Center (SDC) of Northwest Florida. If you would like to learn more about topics covered at the workshop, please click here!
Upcoming Events
Saturday, July 14. 9 am- 12 pm. Join UF/IFAS Bay County Extension at 2728 E. 14th Street, Panama City, FL 32401 for “Pollinators and the Plants They Love”. This free workshop will focus on the many pollinators found in Northwest Florida, their environmental and economic importance and the plants that attract them. Learn more about this event by following this Facebook linkhttps://www.facebook.com/events/1672704972845161/ and register on Eventbrite at https://ufifas_pollinators.eventbrite.com or call at
850-784-6105.
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