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About Us

Approximately 80% of agricultural crop production in the Florida Panhandle is cotton and peanut. Although their yields are near historical highs in the state, sale prices for these commodities remain low as input costs increase. Fertilizer inputs are one of the highest operational expenses for growers, and a major source of nutrient loading to local waterbodies due to high infiltration rates of the sandy soils found throughout the Florida Panhandle and the Southeast US. One strategy to simultaneously reduce farm expenses and improve environmental quality is to improve nutrient use efficiency of cropping systems.

 

Our main crops of interest are peanut and cotton, but we also research hemp, corn, soybean, wheat, and carinata. Overall, the program focuses on increasing the resource use efficiency and developing economically and environmentally sustainable cropping system for the Florida Panhandle and the Southeast US.

Current Lab Members

Past Lab Members

Josh Gefen

OPS Research Assistant

Melinda Thoms

OPS Research Assistant

Peter Omara

Post Doctoral Associate, Ph.D.

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