Category: Agriculture

UF/IFAS Extension team wins national award

by Samantha Murray
August 31, 2016

The National Association of County Agricultural Agents (NACAA) has recognized Mace Bauer, agriculture agent with University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension Columbia County, for excellence in sustainability education ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Natural Resources, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
Tags: Drip Irrigation, Featured Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Suwannee Valley Agricultural Extension Center, Water Conservation

UF/IFAS to hold sustainable agriculture network kickoff event

by Samantha Murray
August 30, 2016

The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences will be hosting an upcoming sustainable agriculture networking and outreach event on Monday, September 19 from 3:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Frog Song Organics (4317 NE U.S, Highway ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Events, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Department Of Agricultural, Featured Hot Topic, Small Farms

Hastings farmers explore sweet potatoes as alternative crop

by Samantha Murray
August 29, 2016

Back in the 1920s, Danny Johns’ great grandfather was the first farmer in the Hastings area to use a tractor instead of a mule. Now, in a region known for producing potatoes for the potato chip industry, Johns, like his ancestor, isn’t afraid ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Boniato, Chipping Potatoes, Featured Hot Topic, Hastings, Sweet Potato Weevil, Sweet Potatoes, UF/IFAS Hastings Agricultural Extension Center

Using the Linear Bed Foot System for Vegetable Fertilization

by Blake Thaxton
August 26, 2016

Some production systems, particularly vegetables, utilize wide row spacing (anywhere from 4 to 8 foot wide). In these systems it is of economic and environmental importance to fertilize the crop root zones evenly, and not fertilize the row middles, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Best Management Practices (BMPs), Fertilization, Horticulture, Linear Bed Foot System, Panhandle Agriculture, Vegetables

The Vegetable Production Handbook of Florida: The Go-to-Guide for Vegetable Farmers

by joshuafr
August 26, 2016

The recently updated Vegetable Production Handbook of Florida (VPH) is the go-to-source of information on vegetable production. So you need to know how to control leafminers in sweet potato? It is in there! Maybe you have a problem with Cercospora ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Cucurbit, Educational Training, Fruit, Horticulture, Panhandle Agriculture, Publications, Strawberry, Sweet Corn, Tomato, Vegetable Production Handbook, Vegetables, Watermelon

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