Jay Research Farm

Doug Hatfield, Farm Manager
(850) 995-3722
(850) 995-3723 fax

Jay Research Farm
4253 Experiment Road
Highway 182
Jay, FL 32565

Location

The Jay Research Farm is located on Santa Rosa County Highway 182. The research farm is 3 miles west of the Allentown Crossroads, State Highway 89 and Santa Rosa County Highway 182 or 4 miles east of Chumuckla.

Mission

The primary mission is to help Florida realize its maximum potential for food, agricultural and natural resource development and to contribute to the solution of social, economic, environmental and cultural problems of concern to the people of Florida. By conducting research we contribute to the accomplishment of this mission through the search for new science and understanding by the application of biological, physical, economic, and social sciences to the problems facing Florida's agriculture and natural resource based industries.

Current Research

Agriculture

Bayer Agro Sciences Nematode control
Hardlock Cotton
Asian Rust on Soybeans
Cotton tillage systems
Peanut tillage systems

Forestry

Cogon grass control and other invasive plant control trials
Food Plot forage studies – annually
Native vegetation studies – nutrition levels
Multiple species study with oaks and yellow popular
DuPont: Site preparation treatments
DuPont: New product weed control effectiveness and pine tolerance
DuPont: Multiple species (pine and hardwood trees)

Turf Science

Turfgrass Disease Management
Reducing TurfWater Usage
Turfgrass Breeding and Genetics
Best Management Practices for Landscape Turf Management

Weed Science

Weed Management in Cotton and Peanuts
High Residue Covercrop Management
Roundup Ready Flex Cotton Varieties
Cotton Hardlock Management
Cotton and Peanut Varieties and Disease Management
Row Spacing and Tillage Systems

Landscape/Ornamental Horticulture

Banana Trials
Perennial Trials
Specialty Cut Flowers
Ornamental Grasses for Golf Course Gardens
Ornamentals for Golf Course Gardens

And Many More...