GAINESVILLE—Valentine bouquets are big business for the floral industry this time of year, with four out of every five bouquets featuring ferns from Florida, say researchers at the University of Florida. But in recent years, Florida’s fern industry… Read More
GAINESVILLE—Twenty-seven of the state’s most promising agricultural and natural resources leaders have been selected for Class III of the Florida Leadership Program for Agriculture and Natural Resources. Sponsored and directed by the University of Florida’s Institute of Food… Read More
GAINESVILLE—Smokey the Bear is getting some high-tech help from University of Florida researchers in his quest to prevent forest fires. UF researchers and Florida foresters are using three new technologically advanced systems — one recently declassified by the… Read More
BELLE GLADE—To help rid the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) of destructive rodents, researchers at the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences are hoping to increase the number of barn owls in South Florida. Rodent pests,… Read More
FLORAL CITY—John Andrew Korycki had a special gift in mind on his 11th birthday and let his grandmother know she could bypass the toy stores and sporting goods shops. And when the big day arrived, John Andrew got… Read More
GAINESVILLE — In breakthrough research that will protect U.S. livestock and wildlife from a deadly African tick-borne disease, University of Florida scientists have developed two new vaccines along with environmentally sound measures to battle ticks and check the… Read More
TAMPA, FL — A tropical fruit grower, an agricultural development pioneer, a champion quarter horse breeder, the “father” of low-density farming, and a dairy farmer have been selected for induction into the Florida Agriculture Hall of Fame this… Read More
GAINESVILLE—They produce mountains of manure and stinky, ozone- depleting (some scientists contend), methane gas. They also supply the nation with sweet, fresh milk. It’s a real public relations quandary for the nation’s dairy cattle. But a survey of… Read More
GAINESVILLE—For all you Halloween skeptics, Jim Stephens has this to report: The Great Pumpkin is real. How does he know? Stephens, a University of Florida vegetable crops specialist, is the keeper of the state’s official list of biggest… Read More
GAINESVILLE—A velvety, short-growing turfgrass specimen collected on a municipal golf course in Hawaii and developed at a University of Florida laboratory may bring hole-in-one success to the nation’s golf courses. The Bermuda grass, named FloraDwarf for its height,… Read More
