UF/IFAS GLOBAL BLOGS
Located in Immokalee, Florida, the UF/IFAS Southwest Florida Research & Education Center (SWFREC) serves growers, farmers, and community members in Collier, Charlotte, Glades, Hendry, and Lee counties. Faculty direct graduate student research on vegetable and citrus crops, pesticides,… Read More
AIR POTATO BEETLES AT WORK Bernadette Stange leaned backward like a palm tree yielding to wind, balancing herself on the forest floor under a dome of 2-story high pine trees tangled with ropes of vines dressed in polished… Read More
As our brief cool spells end and seeds start sprouting, now is the best time to get ahead of weeds. When the warm weather weeds are small, they can often be successfully controlled with herbicides. Ignoring them now… Read More
The Northeast Florida Small Farmers Network (NEFSFN) connects growers to a resource-network focused on diversified and sustainable farming systems. The group, facilitated by the UF/IFAS Agriculture Extension agents of Nassau and Duval counties, aims to help address the… Read More
Even though almost all of Florida’s citrus trees are now affected by citrus greening, a disease that has compromised the state’s most valuable crop, growers and scientists are working to slow the disease and produce healthy fruit on… Read More
Situation: The bed bug (Cimex lectularius) has become one of the most important insect pests in urban entomology in The United States. Bedbugs can be found in mattresses and found in school items such as books and backpacks…. Read More
Download the Workbook. To read the TAME Air Potato Workbook (1.6 MB pdf), you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader. View video: “Air Potato Extension Needs Assessment Webinar“. Download Fact Sheet: “Natural Area Weeds: Air Potato (Dioscorea bulbifera)” Complete… Read More
Philippines Fulbright Scholar Finds Lady Bugs Will Control Florida Red Scale Pest Insects A Fulbright Scholar from the Philippines has found that lady beetles will attack and control the Florida red scale, a pest insect that damages the… Read More
UF/IFAS Extension Polk County, in partnership with the Ridge Beekeepers Association, will host a Saturday program for new beekeepers and those considering starting a hive. Join us for a fun day where you can learn about beekeeping and… Read More
In another clear indication of the University of Florida’s rise toward preeminence, a top federal research official said this week that the UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) has earned a reputation as one of the… Read More
