Tag: commodities

UF/IFAS researchers address issues facing indoor farms

by Brad Buck
April 18, 2024

Across the globe, people are increasingly turning to greenhouses and indoor vertical farms to grow commodities. The systems use far less land than conventional farms, thereby drastically reducing some environmental impacts, University of Florida ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Farm Management
Tags: Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Commodities, Controlled-environmental Agriculture, Donald Coon, Environmental Benefits, Greenhouse, Indoor Vertical Farming, Lauren Lindow, Ziynet Boz

Florida Agricultural Policy Conference to focus on Farm Bill and crops

by Brad Buck
February 8, 2023

Agricultural policy such as the Farm Bill pending before Congress, commodity outlooks and environmental management issues will lead the topics for the eighth annual Florida Agricultural Policy Outlook Conference on March 2 at the UF/IFAS Gulf ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, UF/IFAS
Tags: Commodities, Derek Farnsworth, Farm Bill, Florida Agricultural Policy Outlook Conference, Food And Resource Economics, Food And Resource Economics Department, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, J. Scott Angle

White Gold-Cotton

by Chris Vann
November 5, 2018

In 2018 Florida farmers planted over 115, 000 acres of cotton with over 5,000 acres in the Suwannee Valley area. Cotton production has a long history in our area and we are seeing renewed interest in this crop. If you go back 100 years ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Money Matters, Work & Life
Tags: Clothing, Commodities, Cotton, Crops, Farmers, Winter

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