Tag: Bob Hochmuth

Today, as fruit and vegetable farmers in South Florida decide what to do with produce once destined for now-closed schools and restaurants, watermelon farmers in North Florida have recently finished planting their crop. Given the uncertainty around the… Read More

Category: Crops, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Extension

Tags: Bob Hochmuth, Covid-19, levy county, Mark Warren, News, North Florida Research and Education Center, watermelon

Eight Things You Didn’t Know About an Iconic Summer Fruit

by Samantha Murray

Posted: July 9, 2019

Watermelons mean summer in most places, but perhaps no more so than in Florida, the country’s number one producer of this quintessential summer fruit. They may be 92 percent water, but there’s more to growing and eating watermelon… Read More

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Health & Nutrition, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Extension

Tags: Bob Hochmuth, News, North Florida Research and Education Center, Samantha Kennedy, Wakulla County, watermelon

Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences and University of Florida

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With crops in the ground, Florida watermelon farmers face uncertainty due to COVID-19

Eight Things You Didn’t Know About an Iconic Summer Fruit