There’s a current debate about whether our planet has entered a new geologic age called the Anthropocene, derived from two Greek words: “anthropo-“ for human being and “-cene” for new. It’s not an official geologic term quite yet, ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth
It has been a hundred years or more since most Americans lived on a farm. That number dropped steadily during the 20th century until now, when it’s about two percent. Today, most people live in urban and suburban areas and have no connection ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Farm Management, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
We continually make observations and extract patterns that we can use to predict the world around us. How things look, feel, smell, work. Science is the process we use to determine when those patterns are real and what causes them. Science is ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth
It is an everyday miracle that plants, powered by sunlight, convert vast amounts of inorganic matter into living tissues. That miracle is the foundation of most life on earth. The success of the human species is owed in many ways to our ability ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
If you think about it, watering the yard with sprinklers is one of the rare situations in which the product is sprayed away from the target in order to apply it. Sprinklers do this in order to distribute the water over large areas and let water ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, Water
Water. We wash the dishes, draw a bath, and run the washing machine, but thanks to a public utility system that delivers a seemingly endless supply of fresh, clean water to our indoor taps and outdoor hoses, we rarely have to think about how ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Mechatronics, artificial intelligence, machine vision, smart machines, unmanned aerial vehicles – if this sounds like something out of the latest sci-fi epic, think again – this is the new agriculture, and Dr. Yiannis Ampatzidis is harnessing ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Blog Community, Crops, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Extension
Five graduate students from the Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE) department attended a course in crop physiology and climate change in the Netherlands that was jointly hosted by Wageningen University and The University of Florida ... READ MORE
Category: Academics, Agriculture, Crops, UF/IFAS
Gainesville, Fla. --- During the annual College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) awards banquet, held April 12, faculty and staff were recognized for their outstanding teacher and advising accomplishments. “The college has a tradition ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS Teaching
The UF/IFAS Agricultural and Biological Engineering department honors our alumni and friends who work to further enhance our discipline and industry. Please join us in congratulating our 2022 Distinguished Achievement, Service, and Alumni Award ... READ MORE
Category: Events, Professional Development, UF/IFAS