Category: Agriculture

Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame adds 4 new inductees on Feb. 9

by BLOGS.IFAS
January 25, 2016

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame is honoring four new inductees in Tampa on Feb. 9 who have ties to the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. The Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame honors ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Livestock, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Extension, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Joe Joyce, University Of Florida

Greenhouses and Crop Production

by Samantha Murray
January 25, 2016

Have you ever picked up a piece of produce at the grocery store—say, a bell pepper, as I did recently—and noticed that it was grown in someplace you didn’t expect? In my case, I found a bell pepper that was grown in Holland (the Netherlands). ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management
Tags: Agricultural Export, Agriculture Hot Topic, Bell Peppers, Cucumbers, Greenhouse, Muskmelons, Strawberries, Tomatoes

Remembering Robert J. Barben

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January 22, 2016

We’d like to take a moment to remember the life of a longtime UF/IFAS supporter, Robert J. Barben, who passed away on December 29, 2015. He was active in the UF/IFAS SHARE Council for 42 years, and was the SHARE Council Chair from 1983-1985. ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Livestock, Natural Resources, Relationships & Family, UF/IFAS
Tags: Avon Park, Bob Barben, CALS, Citrus Industry, Florida Agriculture, Florida Citrus Hall Of Fame, Jane Barben, Robert Barben, Scholarship, Share Council, UF-IFAS

Classical Biological Control

by Samantha Murray
January 18, 2016

Biological control is the practice in agriculture and environmental stewardship of using the “natural enemies” of pests and invasives to control these unwanted plants or animals.1,2 These natural enemies may be predatory, parasitic, or infectious ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: Agriculture Hot Topic, Biological Control, Classical Biological Control, Florida Invasive Pest, Invasive Species, Pests

Getting 4-Hers Ready for the Fair(s)

by Kevin O'Horan
January 14, 2016

For Sarasota County 4-H members, this is a particularly exciting, bustling time of year, with the Florida State Fair opening February 4 and the Sarasota Agricultural Fair soon after, starting March 18. Now is the time to get all the ducks in ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Livestock
Tags: 4-H, 4H, Cattle, Contest, Fair, Florida, Florida State Fair, Judge, Judging, Livestock, Pgm_4H, Pig, Sarasota, Sarasota Agricultural Fair, Show, Steer, Swine

Researchers share $4 million USDA grant to attack citrus greening

by BLOGS.IFAS
January 14, 2016

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- International researchers, including ones at the University of Florida and Florida State University, are sharing in a $4 million grant from the United States Department of Agriculture to attack the problem of citrus greening, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Citrus Greening, Grant, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, University Of Florida, USDA

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