By Saundra TenBroeck, Ph.D. Associate Professor/Extension Horse Specialist Department of Animal Sciences, University of Florida Gainesville, Florida If you examined the horse from a design engineering perspective, you would quickly realize ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture
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Category: Livestock
Newswise — GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- As a scientist and tropical fruit Extension specialist, Jonathan Crane has spent most of his adult life trying to help South Florida farmers grow crops in the Sunshine State’s hot, humid weather. In ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Horticulture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
This summer, keep your bees' water source from becoming a breeding ground for mosquitoes. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) Best Management Requirements for beekeepers requires that managed honey bee colonies ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
Let’s be honest with each other and have a moment of transparency, one gardener to another. Even though we are plant people, most of us get a lot less enthusiastic once the mercury explodes over 90 degrees each June. All the things that were ... READ MORE
Category: HorticultureBy Ricky Telg GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Data about the safety and health of agricultural, forestry and fisheries workers in Florida is severely outdated, according to the director of a newly formed agricultural health and safety center, and is ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Farm Management, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS TeachingLIVE OAK, Fla. --- When the staff at the University of Florida IFAS Suwannee Valley Agricultural Extension Center decided to transform the facility’s farm, their only thought was helping local growers to succeed. Little did they know that ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ExtensionIPM for Shrubs in Southeastern US Nursery Production Volume II is the third book released by the Southern Nursery Integrated Pest Management Working Group (SNIPM) and includes chapters on hydrangea, loropetalum, holly, rhododendron (including ... READ MORE
Category: HorticultureThe newest edition of the DPM newsletter is here! The newsletter highlights our DPMSO events and outreach, as well as our students’ accomplishments. Our faculty highlight is a Professor and Director of Plant Science Major, Dr. John Peterson, ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Professional Development, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Teaching, Work & Life
Although we’ve received much-needed rainfall of late, it's still a struggle to manage moisture levels in our Panhandle landscapes this summer. During wet summer seasons, one recurring issue is that watering plants too much ... READ MORE
Category: Horticulture