Purple sweet potato can be a productive warm-season crop in Florida gardens while also adding color, fiber, potassium, and anthocyanin pigments to the plate. Its potential relevance to healthy aging is best understood as part of a plant-rich ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture
Local seafood industry businesses may qualify for small business loans through the Apalachee Regional Planning Council (ARPC). Created in the late 1980s, the goal of the loan program is to expand the economy in Franklin County and provide ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Natural Resources, Work & Life
Authored by: Don Shurley, UGA Emeritus Cotton Economist One of the major objectives of farm bill legislation is to provide an “income safety net” for farmers involve in production agriculture. The purpose of the safety net is to provide ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management
Authored by: Don Shurley, UGA Emeritus Cotton Economist USDA’s August 2026 monthly crop production and supply and demand estimates were mixed news and should likely have little impact on the market. But anyway, the focus seems to increasingly ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops
Soils in North Florida have a habit of being extremely sandy. Depending on your situation, this may be a good or bad habit – sandy soils tend to drain well, which can certainly help on a day when a tropical storm dumps 20 inches of rain on ... READ MORE
Category: Horticulture
The summer row crop season is well underway, which also means that hotspots of damage from plant-parasitic nematodes are also appearing. While a few fields with patches of nematode damage is seemingly inevitable, that does not make it any less ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Pests & Disease
In Five Years is a project started by the UF/IFAS Animal Sciences Department that highlights alumni who graduated from our department five years ago. It was created with the goal of providing real-world references and perspectives for incoming ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, , Professional Development, UF/IFAS Extension
A University of Florida study provides evidence that public support for urban agriculture has deep roots. The findings show that public support is not one-dimensional. Instead, researchers at UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Blog Community, Farm Management, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Research
Florida Representatives Byron Donalds and Kat Cammack visited UF’s Plant Science Research Education Center to learn more about how UF is using agriculture robots, drones and AI can reduce labor costs. The demonstration was an effective opportunity ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops
Sheep and goat producers across Florida and the Southeast are encouraged to attend the 5th Annual UF/IFAS Small Ruminant Short Course. This event brings together producers, Extension professionals, researchers, veterinarians, students, and ... READ MORE
Category: Events, Livestock, UF/IFAS Extension