Category: Crops

Honeybees: Historic Pollinators

by Les Harrison

April 26, 2018

Article and Audio Introduction by Les Harrison The world of social media is always abuzz with a variety of topics. This time of year there are many postings on the nearly endless list of blooming flower which are brightening the landscapes ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture, Lawn, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Teaching, Wildlife
Tags: Agriculture, Bugs, Community, Educational, Environment, Environmentally Friendly, Extension, Florida, Garden, General Information, Growing, Horticulture, Insects, Lawn & Garden, Les Harrison, Master Gardener, Natural Resources, Natural Wakulla, Nature, North Florida, Plants, Trees, UF-IFAS, Wakulla, Wakulla Agriculture, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension

Fact Sheets: Plant Cold Protection and Recovery | Lee County | Stephen Brown

by Stephen Brown

April 25, 2018

Cold Protection and Recovery Cold Protection of Ornamental Plants Irrigation Cold Protection for Citrus Treating Cold Damaged Palms Weather Effect on five Ornamental Trees READ MORE

Category: Crops, Farm Management, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Tags: Citrus, Cold Protection, Fact Sheet, Factsheet, Lee County, Ornamental Plants, Ornamental Trees, Palms, Stephen Brown

The Biofuel Cover Crop – B. carinata

by Patrick Troy

April 25, 2018

The Biofuel Cover Crop - B. carinata Varietal trials for screening germplasm suited to Florida conditions are close to harvest in Live Oak. Along with with 15 other sites, UF/IFAS was awarded a 5-year, $15 million dollar grant from NIFA to ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops

Corn Variety Trial with Best Management Practices now Underway in Suwannee Valley

by Patrick Troy

April 25, 2018

Corn Variety Trial with Best Management Practices now Underway in Suwannee ValleyAfter a few weeks of cool evenings, grain corn in North Florida is finally starting to grow. Cool soil temperatures reduced reduce Phosphorous uptake in corn ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops,

Yum & Fun at the 18th Annual Sweet Corn Fiesta – Sunday, April 29th

by cfmiller

April 24, 2018

The annual South Florida Sweet Corn Fiesta is buttered with a family festival of children’s games, live music, competitions, and mouth-watering, locally grown sweet corn. The Fiesta is a great family event promoting Agriculture and Florida’s ... READ MORE

Category: Crops, Events
Tags: Event, Family, Fiesta, Fun, Sweet Corn

What kind of pesticide licenses are you looking for?

by Qingren Wang, Ph.D.

April 20, 2018

“What kind of pesticide license are you looking for?”, is often what I have to ask when I pick up a call regarding pesticide licensing questions. You need to seek the right category of pesticide license for the right job. If you are going ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, , Crops, Farm Management, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Turf

Invasion of lubber grasshoppers

by Terry DelValle

April 18, 2018

They're back...the annual invasion of the lubber grasshoppers. Small lubber grasshoppers appear to bubble up from the soil forming a black mass that move in groups as they consume plants along the way. Don't procrastinate! (more…) READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: Lubber Grasshoppers, Pest Management

Choosing the Right Cover Crop at the Right Time

by Qingren Wang, Ph.D.

April 17, 2018

Choosing the right cover crop at the right time is important because of our hot and rainy summers. Wisely managing bare land after cleaning up vegetable crop residues is a serious consideration. Keeping land fallow during summer with as much ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension

Soil Health workshop digs into the complexity of soil

by Patrick Troy

April 11, 2018

LIVE OAK-FL With an audience of half farmers and half researchers, Dr. Ray Ward explained “What soil health reports tell us” at a workshop March 14th . His laboratory in Nebraska is the only commercial soil health testing facility in the ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops
Tags: Cover Crops, Soil Health

Acclaimed cattle nutrition expert named director of UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center

by BLOGS.IFAS

April 11, 2018

QUINCY, Fla. – When Glen Aiken wasn’t helping his grandfather wrangle cattle in the smothering Texas heat, he was traveling with his father to meat packing houses across the region. “I swear I visited every meat packing plant between Oklahoma ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Horticulture, Livestock, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: CALS, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Director, IFAS, Livestock, News, North Florida Research And Education Center

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