Category: Crops

Cabbage: What Every Fall Garden Needs

by Pat Williams
September 10, 2021

Ask Master Gardener Volunteer Linda Clemens Now that August/September is here, it is time to start some cabbage seeds. Cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitate) is a versatile, useful vegetable that is very easy to grow here ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching,
Tags: Agriculture, Community, Environmentally Friendly, Extension, Florida Master Naturalist Program, Garden, General Information, Growing, Horticulture, Landscape, Master Gardener, Master Gardener Volunteer, Master Gardeners, Master Gardeners Blog, Our Stories, Wakulla, Wakulla Agriculture, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension

Florida citrus growers and stakeholders invited to experimental citrus varieties exhibition drive-through event

by Robin Koestoyo
September 9, 2021

FORT PIERCE, Fla.--- Florida citrus growers are invited to view which of the new 154 citrus scion and rootstock combinations of grapefruit, pummelo, mandarin, and navel oranges, some of which show early tolerance for the most serious citrus ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Events, Horticulture
Tags: #FloridaCitrus #HLB #UFIFAS #CitrusGreening #RootstockScionVarieties #MartinZapien #TomJames #UFIFASIRREC

An Internship Sweet as Sugar

by Olivia Doyle
September 9, 2021

UF/IFAS College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) student Austin Lee is currently pursuing his bachelor's degree in agricultural operations management (AOM). Lee landed a summer internship with U.S. Sugar to gain experience and explore ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Agricultural Operations Management, Career Services, Intern, VP Promise

Digging Deeper into Potato Production

by Olivia Doyle
August 31, 2021

UF/IFAS College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) food and resource economics (FRE) student Paul Hawkins spent his summer in Windsor, South Carolina, as an operations intern for Walther Farms. He is currently pursuing his bachelor’s ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Career Services, Food And Resource Economics, Intern, VP Promise

Beekeeping, a Worthy Endeavor

by David Austin
August 23, 2021

Protecting the bees Everyone is worried about the bees. Since colony collapse started being recognized as an issue in 2007, the word is out that bees may be in trouble. Yet, and maybe because of, there are more beekeepers than ever. Florida ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Agriculture, Bees, Honey, PolliNATION, Pollinator Plants

UF graduate student strives to help crops thrive against disease

by Robin Koestoyo
August 23, 2021

FORT PIERCE, Fla. --- A graduate student whose lifetime career goal is to see high-value crops thrive by their natural defense mechanisms was recognized by the American Society for Horticultural Science. To pursue graduate studies, Martin Zapien ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Research

IPM: The Struggle in Defining a Strategy

by Bonnie Wells
August 11, 2021

If you are in the world of pesticides, you have likely heard of “IPM” Integrated Pest Management and probably have some sense of what it is. If you were asked to fully define it though, could you? Would your definition be outdated? Would ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Lawn, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf
Tags: Bonnie Wells, Brett Bultemeier, Brevard County, Chemicals, Integrated Pest Management, IPM, Management, Pesticide Information Office, Pesticides, PIO

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