Category: Crops
2024 Annual Weather Summary and 1st Quarter 2025 Outlook
January 13, 2025
Rainfall 2024 will be remembered by most farmers and ranchers as a dry growing season, but rainfall totals for the whole year were highly variable. The map above to the left shows NOAA’s estimate of annual rainfall in ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Horticulture, Livestock, Natural Resources
UF/IFAS researchers deploy drones to perfect nutrient rates
January 13, 2025
The ability to detect crop nutrient deficiencies and promptly modify fertilizer application to address them is invaluable to agricultural producers — especially growers operating under slim profit margins. Identifying how much of a particular ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm ManagementTags: Algorithm, Ayush Sharma, Best Management Practices Lab, BMP, Citra, Corn, Cotton, Crop, Drone, Environmental, Extension, Fertilizer, Grower, Hastings, Hastings Agricultural Extension Center, IFAS, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Lakesh Sharma, Megan Winslow, NDVI, Nitrogen, NMP, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, North Florida Research And Education Unit, Nutrient, Nutrient Management Program, Plant Health, Plant Science Research And Education Unit, Producer, Recommendation, Research, Soil Fertility, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, Sustainable, Suwannee Valley, UF, UF-IFAS
2025 Guide to Seminole County Farms and Farmers Markets
January 13, 2025
Where can I buy locally grown food? Seminole County, Florida, has a rich agricultural history rooted in citrus production, celery farming, and cattle ranching, which once defined its economy and cultural identity. These industries shaped ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Farmer's Market, Farms, Local Produce, SeminoleCountyAg
January 2025 First Friday with Florida First Detector
January 6, 2025
Recap of January 2025 First Friday with Florida First Detector In this month's webinar, we covered invasive caterpillars that feed on vegetable crops. Florida's agriculture industry is home to a wide variety of high value vegetable production. ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, Turf, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Biosecurity, Caterpillars, FFD24-25, FloridaFirstDetector, Invasive Species, Lepidoptera, Moths, Old World Bollworm, Vegetables
Tropical Fruit Plant Propagation Basics
December 31, 2024
Plant propagation simply means making more of a desired plant by using any number of techniques. These include using seed, cuttings, air-layers (also called marcots), division, and grafting. Propagation by seed is sexual propagation, while the ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, , Crops, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Annual Peanut Butter Challenge: 2024 Wrap Up
December 23, 2024
Thank You, Polk County! The 2024 Peanut Butter Challenge, organized by UF/IFAS Extension and Florida A&M University (FAMU) Cooperative Extension, was a smooth success. This annual peanut butter jar collection brings communities together ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Food Safety, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Anikolai, Charity, Donate, Education, Florida Peanut Federation, Florida Peanut Producers Association, Food Banks, Food Pantries, Hot Topic, Nutrition, PBChallenge, Peanut Butter, Peanut Butter Challenge, Polk County, PolkExtension, PolkPBChallenge, Spread The Love, Spread The Peanut Butter
Vertical Farming: Outwitting Nature’s Curveballs
December 20, 2024
In a world where climate uncertainty and food scarcity are becoming increasingly pressing issues, Ying Zhang, Ph.D., an assistant professor at UF’s Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, is working on solutions. Her research ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, UF/IFASTags: ABE, Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Agriculture, UF-IFAS, UFABE