Strawberries are in season in Florida from December to April. Strawberries are an important Florida agricultural commodity and are delicious consumed fresh or in smoothies and desserts. Look for them now at your local grocery store or farmers ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, SFYL Hot TopicLAKE ALFRED, Fla. --- When Jude Grosser’s daughter, Melinda, was in elementary school, he would often take her to his laboratory at the University of Florida’s Citrus Research and Education Center, where he works as a researcher on citrus ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, Work & Life
Season's greetings from UF/IFAS Development! We are grateful for all the support for students, faculty, research, and Extension we received over the past year, and look forward to what 2016 has in store. From our outstanding students to our ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Agribusiness, Agriculture, Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Crops, Farm Management, Forests, Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture, Livestock, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Recreation, Turf, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, Water, WildlifeJust as our diets change with the seasons, so do the diets of grazing cattle and other livestock. In the spring and summer, these animals munch on perennial grasses, but in the fall and winter these grasses go dormant. Livestock producers sometimes ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Livestock, SFYL Hot TopicYou may have seen these small, oblong, rather mysterious orange fruits at your grocery store or farmers market. Did you know… Kumquats are a citrus fruit. In fact, they are the smallest citrus fruit. (UF/IFAS Plant Identification Learning ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Health & NutritionCarp edema virus disease is killing wild and cultured varieties of carp and worrying koi enthusiasts and carp aquaculturists in the United States and around the world. The disease causes skin lesions and swelling and is sometimes called "koi ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, WildlifeDr. Matt Hersom, Associate Professor, Extension Beef Cattle Specialist, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Florida The body condition score of a cow and the herd overall is the best indicator of past nutritional status or success ... READ MORE
Category: AgricultureSome of my favorite creatures are owls, and as you can see by the quotes below, owls have captivated humans across the ages. "And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation ... READ MORE
Category: AgricultureBy Geoffrey Sagrans Localecopia President When Localecopia, Inc. (501c3) opened in 2007 in Palm Beach, FL, the general focus was to repair the disconnect between local producers and local consumers. This focus was pursued through avenues like ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, AgricultureBy Lana Nasser Central Florida’s Southern Hill Farms was not always the well-known u-pick blueberry operation Florida residents flock to today. The Clermont based family-owned farm originally produced ornamental trees and found themselves ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops