Category: Agriculture

The peak of the Hurricane Season is coming. Are you prepared?

by Henry Mayer
August 15, 2025

A few weeks ago, we hosted a webinar with Mr. Robert Garcia, who is the Warning Coordination Meteorologist of the National Weather Service (NWS). He did an excellent job-sharing valuable information on hurricane preparedness, breaking down key ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Crops, Disaster Preparation, Farm Management, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: 2025 Hurricane Season, Hurricane, National Hurricane Center, Natural Disasters, NWS

The Longleaf Pine: A Keystone of Florida’s Pine Grassland Ecosystems

by Jamie Daugherty, Ph.D.
August 15, 2025

Keystone species are critical because entire ecosystems rely on their presence to remain balanced. If removed, the ecological structure may collapse. They differ from indicator species, which reflect the health and maturity of an ecosystem rather ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension,
Tags: Longleaf Pine, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Extension Sumter County, Urban Forestry, Urban Forestry Extension, Urban Trees
An assortment of cool weather vegetables arranged on a black background.

Back-to-School Planting Suggestions: Vegetable Groups

by Shane Teachworth
August 15, 2025

Intro Recently on IFAS blogs, I posted about leafy greens which fit well in fall gardening; this entry is a continuation of that idea, touching on other cool weather vegetables. The start of the fall semester marks a dramatic cold turn in the ... READ MORE

Category: Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture
Tags: Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Carrots, Cauliflower, Celery, Cool Weather Crops, Garlic, Kale, Onions, Parsley, Shallots
Honey bees on honeycomb with golden honey

Celebrando el Día Nacional de la Abeja: apicultores de Florida prosperan gracias a un acelerador de negocios

by Luz Bahder
August 15, 2025

Creado por Meredith Bauer, especialista sénior en relaciones públicas para UF/IFAS.   Aspectos destacados: Una subvención de aproximadamente $626000 del Programa de Desarrollo de Agricultores y Ganaderos Principiantes del ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Farm Management, Money Matters, Professional Development, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Abeja, Abejas, Abejas Meliferas, Acelerador De Negocios, Amy Vu, Apiarios, Apicultura, Dia De La Abeja, Día Nacional De La Abeja, Español, Gayle Goodfriend, Instituto Nacional De Alimentos Y Agricultura, Mercadeo, Miel, Negocios, Nifa, Pequeñas Empresas, Planificación Empresarial, Productos, Programa De Desarrollo De Agricultores Y Ganaderos Principiantes Del Instituto Nacional De Alimentos Y Agricultura, Seguridad, Spanish, Subvencion, USDA, Vender
Bee hive comb with baby bees.

Suncoast Grown and Gathered: Beekeeping for Sweet Summer Honey!

by Forest Hecker
August 14, 2025

One of the most rewarding ways to get Suncoast Grown & Gathered honey? Starting your own backyard beehive! Whether you’re interested in harvesting your own honey or boosting pollination for your foodscape, beekeeping in Florida can ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes
Tags: Agriculture, FFL, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Food, Garden, Horticulture, Landscape, Landscaping, Pgm_Chemicals, Pgm_HortRes, Suncoast Grown And Gathered, SuncoastGrownAndGathered
Jamie Ellis (left), Andra Johnson (center), and Amy Vu (right) at the UF/IFAS Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory. Photo: UF/IFAS, Cat Wofford

Celebrating National Honey Bee Day: Florida beekeepers thriving, thanks to business accelerator

by Meredith Bauer-Mitchell
August 14, 2025

As National Honey Bee Day approaches this Saturday, beekeepers are celebrating the buzzing pollinators that support our food supply, as well as the success of a University of Florida accelerator that elevated bee-based small businesses. A ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Honey Bee Research And Extension Lab, Honey Bees, National Honey Bee Day

Controlled-Release Fertilizer Enhances Nutrient-Use Efficiency in Suwannee Valley Snapbeans

by Sydney Williams
August 14, 2025

Snapbean Production in the Suwannee Valley  Snapbean is a key vegetable crop in the Suwannee Valley, with an estimated 3,000 acres grown in the spring season, and another 2,000 acres grown in the fall each year. This is a short-season legume ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Best Management Practices, Controlled Release Fertilizer, NFREC-SV, Nutrient Management Program, Snap Bean, Suwannee Valley, Sydney Williams
ed berries being scooped by hands, additional berries in a background basket

La acerola podría ser un cultivo nuevo y nutritivo para Florida

by Luz Bahder
August 14, 2025

Creado por Brad Buck, especialista sénior en relaciones públicas para UF/IFAS.  Los consumidores valoran la acerola, fruto de la planta Malpighia emarginata, también conocida como cereza de Barbados, semeruco, manzanita o cerecita, ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Crops, Health & Nutrition, Horticulture, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Acerola, Aguacates, Ali Sarkhosh, Alimentos, Beneficios, Beneficios Nutricionales, Brasil, Centro De Investigación Y Educación En Ciencias Vegetales De UF/IFAS En Citra, Centro De Investigacion Y Educacion Tropical, Cerecita, Cereza De Barbados, Citricos, Crisis, Embrapa Semiárido, Español, Felipe Ferrao, Flavio França, Fruta, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Jonathan Crane, Jugo, Jugpreet Singh, Malpighia Emarginata, Manzanita, Naranja, Patricio Munoz, Productores Agricolas, Seguridad Alimentaria, Semeruco, Spanish, Superfruta, TREC, UF-IFAS, University Of Florida

Portrait of a Career in Urban Horticulture – Indyli Brown

by Donna Corbelli Castro
August 13, 2025

Municipal opportunities abound for those willing to work hard I met Mr. Indyli Brown when he was invited to be on our UF/IFAS Extension Commercial Horticulture advisory board.  He impressed me right away with his intelligence and passion ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Community Volunteers, Horticulture, Professional Development, UF/IFAS Extension, , Work & Life
Tags: Arboriculture, Careers In Ag, City Of Plantation, Horticulture, Landscaping, Municipal Work, Newsletter, Newsletter2, Tree City

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