Category: Crops

cattle rancher picking up limpograss planting material near Marianna, Florida

2026 Gibtuck Limpograss Planting Material Distribution Day – July 14

by Doug Mayo
May 20, 2026

Limpograss (Hemarthria altissima) has a longer season of growth than Bahiagrass or Bermudagrass, so it can help cattle ranchers and dairy farmers bridge the gap between summer perennial grasses and winter annual forages. Limpograss can also ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Events, Livestock, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Forage, GibTuck Limpograss, North Florida Research And Education Center, Panhandle Agriculture, SV Ag Update
Adobe Stock photo 129917074 of Ripe papaya on the tree.

Want to grow papaya trees in your backyard? Ask IFAS bilingual resource offers top research tips for success

by Lourdes Mederos
May 19, 2026

With the right care, papaya trees thrive in Florida backyards, producing sweet fruit and flowers. Depending on the variety, this slender tree can produce more than one bright white flower in less than 12 months. Well suited to Central ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Blog Community, Conservation, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Ask IFAS, ASK UF/IFAS En Espanol, Central Florida, Diseases, English, Food Is Medicine, Harvesting, Healthy, Healthy Environment, Home, Irrigation Needs, Jonathan Crane, Landscape, Papaya, Papaya Growing, Papaya Seeds, Papaya Tree, Pests, Plants, South Florida, Superfruit, Sustainable, UF-IFAS, UF/IFAS Tropical Research And Education Center

Want to grow papaya trees in your backyard? Ask IFAS bilingual resource offers top research tips for success

by Lourdes Mederos
May 19, 2026

With the right care, papaya trees thrive in Florida backyards, producing sweet fruit and flowers. Depending on the variety, this slender tree can produce more than one bright white flower in less than 12 months. Well suited to Central ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Blog Community, Conservation, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Ask IFAS, ASK UF/IFAS En Espanol, Central Florida, Diseases, English, Food Is Medicine, Harvesting, Healthy, Healthy Environment, Home, Irrigation Needs, Jonathan Crane, Landscape, Papaya, Papaya Growing, Papaya Seeds, Papaya Tree, Pests, Plants, South Florida, Superfruit, Sustainable, UF-IFAS, UF/IFAS Tropical Research And Education Center
Fresas maduras en una planta; una de ellas está parcialmente cubierta de moho gris, mientras otras están rojas y listas para cosechar, con hojas verdes alrededor y un fondo de madera.

El fenómeno de El Niño representa un riesgo de enfermedades para la industria de la fresa en Florida, valorada en $500 millones anuales, pero un sistema de alerta podría ser de gran ayuda

by Luz Bahder
May 19, 2026

Creado por Brad Buck, especialista sénior en relaciones públicas para UF/IFAS Los agricultores de la industria de la fresa en Florida, valorada en 500 millones de dólares anuales, acaban de finalizar una temporada mientras la próxima ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Alerta, Alerta Temprana, Botrytis, Botrytis (moho Gris), Clima, Condiciones, Condiciones Climaticas, Condiciones Meteorológicas, Crecimiento Fúngico, Enfermedades, ENSO, Español, Estudio, Fenómeno De El Niño, Fenómeno De La Niña, Fenómeno ENSO, Florida, Fresa, Fungicida, Hongo, Hongos, Industria De La Fresa De Florida, Lluvias, Manejo De Enfermedades, Notificaciones, Ondiciones Meteorológicas, Registros Climáticos, Riesgo De Enfermedades, SAS, Spanish, Temperaturas, Temporada De Huracanes 2026, UF-IFAS, Vinicius Cerbaro

What is a Seed?

by Julia Sirchia
May 19, 2026

What is a seed? This might seem like a simple question, but seeds play a much larger role than their tiny form might let on. Seeds are one of the most important means of plant reproduction. They carry the genetic material from parent plants ... READ MORE

Category: Crops, Home Landscapes, Horticulture
Tags: Botany, Endosperm, Genetic Diversity, Germination, Horticulture, Plant Physiology, Plant Sexual Reproduction, Propagation, Ripened Ovule, Seed, Seed Coat
A variety of tropical fruit.

When to Prune, Fertilize, Water, and Plant Your Fruit Trees

by Jeff Wasielewski
May 15, 2026

When do you know that it is time to pull the plug on your fruit tree? A fruit tree that hasn’t fruited for several years is just an ornamental tree after all, and that’s not why you planted it. If your tree has gone three years or more and ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, , Crops, Farm Management, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Elevated tractor spraying a corn field. Photo taken 05-20-21.

What’s New on Ask IFAS: Agricultural and Biological Engineering (Mar.–Apr. 2026)

by Amanda Quintos
May 14, 2026

Agricultural and Environmental Implications of Information-Driven Irrigation Scheduling: Insights from a Field-Scale Study with a Gravelly Loam Soil in South Florida Young Gu Her, Sandra Guzmán, Ashley Smyth, Laura Vasquez, Qingren Wang, and ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Natural Resources, Water
Tags: Agricultural Sustainability, Irrigation, Soil Moisture Sensors, South Florida

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