Category: Farm Management

GCREC Bug Week 2016

by ccooley
May 23, 2016

For the past month, I have asked our staff to bring me whatever bugs they might find on our 475-acre farm. This is a very busy time for our faculty and staff, so I only received a few specimens so far, but they are beauties. There's nothing ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Events, Farm Management, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: Bagmoth, Bug Week 2016, Bugs, Dragonfly, Entomology, Gulf Coast REC, Horsefly, IFAS, Insects, Mole Crickets, Pests, UF

Birdwatching on the Farm

by ccooley
April 26, 2016

We had a recent employee, Bill Dermott, who upon his departure gave me a list of all the birds he had observed at our research center over the last 6 months or so. We're talking about 80 different kinds of birds. This list consisted of the ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Horticulture, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: Alligators, Bird Watching, Florida Wild Life, Gulf Coast Research, Hawks, IFAS, Sandhill Cranes, Southern Hillsborough County, University Of Florida

Creating a resilient, diversified farm enterprise

by Jose Perez
March 3, 2016

Interview with Gabriele Marewski of Paradise Farms Gabriele Marewski is a pioneer farmer in many ways. Her farm is a great example of a resilient business which has seized opportunities to grow whenever they have arrived. There is much ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Farm Management
Tags: Conference Speakers, Small Farms, Small Farms Conference

Farm Estate Planning: What Will Happen to Your Farm?

by Robert Northrop
March 2, 2016

The question of what happens to the family farm is often riddled with many emotional opinions. So much so, that families may not communicate effectively about their wishes or plans. Many life events can change the dynamics of a family farm. ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Farm Management
Tags: Agriculture, Economics

CALS Career Expo

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February 25, 2016

The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences’ (CALS) Career Expo was held on February 4, 2016 in the J. Wayne Reitz Student Union. This annual event showcases career and internship opportunities, and provides CALS students with the chance ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Horticulture, Livestock, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, Turf, UF/IFAS
Tags: CALS, CALS Career Expo, UF-IFAS

Veteran and Small Farm Workshop

by BLOGS.IFAS
February 9, 2016

If you would like more information about this workshop please contact Jed Dillard at (850) 342-0187. To register for the workshop please contact Jed Dillard by Tuesday, February 9, 2016. READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Farm Management, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Ag, Farmers, Veterans

Taste of Florida Agriculture 2016

by Samantha Murray
February 8, 2016

Tallahassee may have been windy and gray last Wednesday, but that didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of those attending this year’s Taste of Florida Agriculture. Taste of Florida is attended by many agricultural organizations from around the ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Horticulture, Livestock, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: Adam Putnam, Agriculture Hot Topic, Drones, Florida Department Of Agriculture, Taste Of Florida Agriculture

Whole-Farm Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Video Series Released

by Jose Perez
February 6, 2016

If you want to know the best ways to manage pests via integrated pest management, you can find all of the information you need in a series of video modules created by University of Florida IFAS Extension faculty. These IPM strategy modules are ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, Pests & Disease
Tags: Small Farms

Clam Farming in Southwest Florida

by Betty Staugler
February 3, 2016

Shellfish aquaculture is a relatively new pursuit in Florida. It began in the 1970s in the Indian River Lagoon when attempts were made to culture hard clams as a means of taking pressure off declining wild populations. Techniques for ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, Turf
Tags: Aquaculture, Clam Farming, Hard Clams, Sunray Venus Clams

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