Click for full image. Caption at end of story. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- For hundreds of years, farmers in Brazil’s Amazon Basin have hunted through dense jungles for what is called “terra preta” -- mysterious plots of super-fertile black ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Invasive Species, Work & LifePicture of Florida panther courtesy of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- In 1995, conservation managers made a desperate bid to save the Florida panther from extinction and released eight female pumas ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, ConservationCaption at the end of the story Multimedia available: http://news.ufl.edu/2010/09/21/salmonella-multimedia/ GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- University of Florida researchers have discovered that tomato variety and maturity influence the ways salmonella ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Food SafetyGAINESVILLE, Fla. --- FarmVille, Facebook’s most popular game, allows millions to till digital soil and trade products in a virtual market. Now, University of Florida faculty are bringing social networking to real-life agriculture, and they ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS
The Cotton Seed Bug is on the move! It was originally found on Stock Island and Key West. Identifying and reporting the cotton seed bug For photos and more information see the Pest Alert at http://www.freshfromflorida.com/pi/enpp/ento/images/Oxycarenus_cotton_seed_bug_alert_USDAcard_Feb2012.pdf Several ... READ MORE
Category: Pests & DiseaseClick here for full image. Caption at end of page. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- In what researchers say is one of the most direct illustrations of global climate change’s impact on animals, a new study shows that longer summers and milder winters ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Conservation, UF/IFAS ResearchCaption at bottom. Click here for high-resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- As Floridians brace for more crude oil on the state’s coasts, University of Florida researchers are racing to complete several newly funded projects that will ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS ResearchGAINESVILLE, Fla. --- To keep consumers safe from seafood that could be tainted by the Gulf oil spill, regulatory officials will rely on an incredibly sophisticated, delicate tool: the human nose. Next month, University of Florida researchers ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS Extension
Cotton Seed Bug, Oxycarenus hyalinipennis April 2010, Oxycarenus hyalinipennis (cotton seed bug), a major pest of cotton, has been detected for the first time in the United States on Stock Island. As the name suggests, this is a bug ... READ MORE
Category: Pests & DiseaseGAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The steep decline in the state’s rural land values continued in 2009, but may level off later this year, according to the annual Florida Land Value Survey from the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture