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New UF/IFAS bilingual online resources help Florida farmers launch, enhance their business

by Lourdes Mederos
September 18, 2025

The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Extension has launched a new bilingual online resource to help Florida farmers strengthen their operations through effective business planning. The websites, ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, , Crops, Farm Management, Horticulture, Livestock, Pests & Disease, Turf, UF/IFAS
Tags: Aquaculture Farming, Balance Sheets, Break-even Analysis, Business Operation, Business Plan, CAFE Latino, Cash Flow, Cattle, Coalition Of Florida Extension Educators For Latinos, Farm, Farm Data, Farmer, Farming Operation, Financial Management, Food, Fruit, Grower, Human Resources, Income Statements, Luis Rodriguez, Luis Rodriguez Rosado, Marketing, News, Polk County, Small Farms, UF-IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Extension Polk County, University Of Florida, USDA Farm Service Agency, Vegetable

Citrus County high school students learn importance of passion and hard work in careers in agriculture – the No. 2 industry in Florida

by Brad Buck
September 16, 2025

When some people hear the word “agriculture,” they envision cows and plows, but you can pursue many careers in the field, as Citrus County high school students learned. The 2nd Annual Expanding Agriculture: Workforce Seminar opened with ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Work & Life
Tags: #aiatuf, 2nd Annual Expanding Agriculture: Workforce Seminar, Agriculture, Aquaculture, Careers, Cattle, Citrus County Schools, College Of Central Florida, Drones, Eric Cassiano, High School, J.J. Grow, Leadership, Marguerite Beckford, Marketing, Plant Breeding, Prec-ag, Sales, Stacy Strickland, Students, UF/IFAS Extension Citrus County, UF/IFAS Extension Hernando County

Wildlife ecologist busts myths about coyote behavior, including their predatory actions

by Brad Buck
September 9, 2025

Whenever Hance Ellington gets a chance, he likes to talk about the science of coyotes, including their behavior around other animals. Dispelling coyote myths is a passion for Ellington, an assistant professor of wildlife ecology and conservation ... READ MORE

Category: Wildlife
Tags: Behavior, Bites, Burmese Python, Cats, Cattle, Coyotes, Department Of Wildlife Ecology And Conservation, Dogs, Ecosystem, Food, Hance Ellington, Myths, Predators, Ranchers, Range Cattle Research And Education Center, Wildlife Ecologist
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Food and Resource Economics Undergraduate Jimena Morales Places 2nd in AAEA Student Paper Competition

by Alena Poulin
September 2, 2025

By applying her passions for sustainability in agriculture to research, rising senior Food and Resource Economics undergraduate Jimena Morales placed second in the student paper competition at the annual Agricultural & Applied Economics ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: B.S. In Food And Resource EConomics, Beef, Cattle, Food And Resource Economics, Food And Resource Economics Awards, Food And Resource Economics Research, Seaweed, Undergraduate Research

Back-to-School with Calves and Cowboys

by cclarson
July 22, 2025

The supply lists are out, the sales are on, and afternoon storms are in full swing: this can only mean one thing--it's back-to-school in Florida! This year, when students return to school, they might get to meet someone much more interesting ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Conservation, Curriculum, Events, Health & Nutrition, Livestock, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: Agriculture, Beef, Cattle, Dairy, Dairy Nutrition, Environment, Livestock, School, Youth

Feeding cows seaweed reduces methane emissions, but does it make economic sense?

by Megan Winslow
May 8, 2025

As they digest grass and hay, cows produce significant amounts of methane, a greenhouse gas. In the quest to identify an alternative livestock feed, seaweed has emerged as a promising contender. (more…) READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Livestock, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Agricultural & Applied Economics Association, Algae Bloom, Algal Bloom, Andrew Ropicki, Aquaculture, Asparagopsis Armata, Beef, Beef And Dairy Production, Cattle, Choices Magazine, Consumer, Cow, Dairy, Economics, Emerson Searl, Emissions, Environment, Environmentally Conscious, Food And Resource Economics Department, Fre, Greenhouse Gas, IFAS, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, John Lai, Megan Winslow, Meri Hambaryan, Methane, Milk, Red Seaweed, Seaweed, Sustainability, Sustainable, UF, UF-IFAS, University Of Florida

Ona Field Day: An eight-decade tradition of presenting scientific data to help cattle producers

by Brad Buck
April 1, 2025

For the past 84 years, faculty and staff at the University of Florida Range Cattle Research and Education Center have hosted Ona Field Day to update ranchers and land managers with the latest scientific information. The next field day will ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Livestock
Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Brent Sellers, Carbon Sequestration, Cattle, Golmar Golmohammadi, Hance Ellington, Hannah Baker, Joao Vendramini, Maria Silveira, Ona Field Day, Philipe Moriel, Prec-ag, Probiotics, Range Cattle Research And Education Center, Robert Gilbert

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