GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Farmers and consumers can benefit from a more drought-tolerant peanut, and scientists from the University of Florida and Georgia Institute of Technology will soon begin research to develop a more resilient crop. With it, growers… Read More
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – For the first time in more than 100 years, researchers have found that a species of mosquito feeds on the blood of earthworm and leeches, instead of frogs and toads like most other species. A… Read More
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences is taking the first step to introduce industrial hemp to growers and industry across the state. The UF/IFAS Industrial Hemp Pilot Project will host a… Read More
By Kim Scotto GAINESVILLE, Fla. – When Craig Watson, Director of the University of Florida IFAS Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory, got his first aquarium at age 7, he couldn’t have predicted the important role that fishing and aquaculture would play… Read More
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Mom’s school cafeteria may have offered a lunch of a hamburger, fruit, chips and milk. Your child’s dish is trendier and might include international flavors and a salad bar. As children return to school in… Read More
For 4-H members like Tucker Padgett, 10, a passion for agriculture can really pay off. During the 2017 cattle showing season, she won nearly $5,000 showing her prize-winning heifer at competitions in and around Escambia County, Florida. All… Read More
Submitted by Brandi Yancy, UF/IFAS Extension Hillsborough County Caleb Miller, 9, has been working with Nigerian Dwarf Dairy goats since he was three years old. He’s been a 4-H member since he was five. His older sister has… Read More
Growing up on a small hobby farm in Polk County, Florida, Wyatt, 8, and Truett LaBarr, 7, show that life on the farm sometimes means taking the farm to others. Wherever the two brothers go, chances are they… Read More
Submitted by Shaina Spann, UF/IFAS Extension Baker County Kash Addy, 12, has been a member of Baker County 4-H for 6 years. Kash has participated in 4-H activities like school enrichment chicken embryology, residential 4-H camp and club meetings…. Read More
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — It’s easy to take things like electricity, Wi-Fi and cell service for granted — until a hurricane blows through and knocks out these modern conveniences, sometimes for days at a time. This was the case… Read More
