The proverbial picnic scene aside, ants are pests all of us have to deal with from time to time. Both inside and outside our homes, they feed on and contaminate our food, they build ugly mounds on our lawns, and some ants can inflict painful ... READ MORE
Category: HorticultureSummer is here, along with its heat, humidity, drought and stress! One easy way to garden during summer is to use succulents and other drought adapted plants. Succulents are heat-adapted, water-efficient plants often associated with deserts ... READ MORE
Category: HorticultureGenerally, beef herd pregnancy rates after a 60–120-day breeding season tend to range from 80 to 94 percent. Pregnancy diagnosis identifies the 6–20 percent of open cows in the herd so they can be culled after their calves at side are ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture
You may have heard about avian Influenza, otherwise known as "bird flu" in the news over the past few years. Bird flu is a virus, and is in the same class of viruses (Type A) that cause swine flu, equine flu, and human flu. Just as with human ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture
By: Scott Jackson UF/IFAS Florida Sea Grant Extension Agent for Bay County The 2015 red snapper season opens this weekend so it’s time to get ready. With a bag limit of two red snapper per angler per day you'll want to make the most out of ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Natural Resources
We are now ready to register people for our new online UF/ IFAS Extension course “Greenhouse 101: Plant Science for Commercial Production”. WHO: The course is designed for nursery/greenhouse staff in the US and internationally ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Horticulture, Professional Development, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ExtensionApopka, Fla. --- Powdery mildew and black rot are two scourges of grape growers, but University of Florida researcher Dennis Gray is developing disease-resistant grapes, using what he calls “precision breeding” to create these super varieties. Gray, ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ResearchIMMOKALEE, Fla. --- The backhoes are ready and rebar marks off where new walls will stand as the University of Florida’s Southwest Florida Research and Education Center gets ready to break ground officially on a 7,000-square-foot expansion ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS
It is Bug Week in UF (University of Florida) and I would like to share this featured story with you of good bugs (biological control agents) working to help us against a well known pest for Miami-Dade residents: Rugose spiraling whitefly. GAINESVILLE, ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS ResearchIn a previous Panhandle Ag-e Newsletter article (Tools for Trapping Pests and Attracting Beneficial Insects), I described some new multifunctional tactics to monitor pests and enhance beneficial insects. Here we are publicizing a new website ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture