Category: Agriculture
Mango Morning with Dr. Jonathan Crane
June 22, 2022
It’s mango season and it’s also the perfect time to learn how to grow these tropical fruit trees in South Florida. This year, our featured speaker for Mango Morning with UF/IFAS Extension was Dr. Jonathan Crane, Tropical Research & ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Agriculture, Collier County, Collier County Extension, Jessica Ryals, Jonathan Crane, Mango, TREC, Tropical Fruit, UF IFAS Extension
Some call it black gold
June 21, 2022
Black gold you create I'm not speaking of the black gold that came bubbling up when Jed Clampett found oil while shooting at food. To make this black gold doesn't take millions of years under the pressure of the earth. You can make this in ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension,Tags: Agriculture, Classes, Gardening, Highlands County, Highlands Horticulture Digest, Hometown Gardener, Master Gardener Volunteers, UF IFAS Extension, Vegetables
What is behind a number?
June 21, 2022
I imagine that, lately, one of the most frequent thoughts in people’s minds, when they walk through a supermarket, is the steep increase in prices. But, before prices started soaring because of inflation, the war in Ukraine, and some corporate ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Food Safety, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Work & LifeTags: Food, Inflation, Money
Help Wanted at UF/IFAS
June 20, 2022
Like the rest of the nation, UF/IFAS is challenged by the lack of applicants for its staff support positions across the state. All UF job postings are located online and new opportunities are added each day (click on "staff full time" to filter ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS, Work & Life
UF Requests Peters’s Rock Agama Photos
June 17, 2022
What are we asking for? Dr. Deah Lieurance with the UF/IFAS Assessment is requesting your help with photos of peters's rock agama in or around cars, lumber, freight...basically anything that would illustrate them hitchhiking to new locations. ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, , Home Landscapes, Invasive Species, Natural ResourcesTags: Agama, Photos
CEU Opportunity for Nursery and Greenhouse Producers!
June 16, 2022
Hello! Please join us at the Manatee County Extension Office on July 13th from 6-7PM to learn about pesticide resistance and earn one pesticide applicator license renewal CEU in Private, Ag Row, OR Ag Tree crop categories. Snacks are included ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Conservation, Events, Farm Management, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: CEU, Greenhouse, Nursery, Pesticides
UF ABE Extension Blog: Big Questions, Global Reach – Dr. Yiannis Ampatzidis
June 16, 2022
Mechatronics, artificial intelligence, machine vision, smart machines, unmanned aerial vehicles – if this sounds like something out of the latest sci-fi epic, think again – this is the new agriculture, and Dr. Yiannis Ampatzidis is harnessing ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Crops, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: ABE, Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Agroview, AI, Drone, IFAS
Farmers’ Markets and Food Deserts
June 16, 2022
Rising fuel and fertilizer prices along with ongoing supply chain issues have been devastating for our farmers. From 2019 to 2020, farm expenditures increased by 28%. Adapting to these changes and rising costs isn’t easy. With it being so ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture
Everything you need to know about One Health
June 15, 2022
Last March, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) joined the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) to constitute ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Events, Health & Nutrition, Invasive Species, Livestock, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, UF/IFASTags: Circular Health, Covid-19, FAO, Interdisciplinarity, One Health, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals, UNEP, Who, WOAH