Tag: Farm Bureau

Seminole County Young Farmers and Ranchers Kick Off Meeting Sept 29th!

by Morgan Pinkerton

August 10, 2022

When and Where? Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 6:30PM UF/IFAS Extension Seminole County Auditorium (250 W County Home Rd, Sanford, FL, 32773) Register in advanced using the google form. Free food will be provided to those that register ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Events, Farm Management, Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture, Natural Resources, Professional Development, UF/IFAS Extension, , Work & Life
Tags: Farm Bureau, Florida Ag, Florida Farm Bureau, Food Systems, SeminoleCountyAg, Voice Of Agriculture, YFR, Young Farmers And Ranchers

2022 Farm Bureau Youth Speech Contest

by Morgan Pinkerton

July 7, 2022

What is the the Farm Bureau Youth Speech Contest? Every year, the Florida Farm Bureau hosts a statewide Youth Speech Contest. This contest starts at the county level. Winners of the county competition advance to district, and then potentially, ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, UF/IFAS Extension,
Tags: 4-H, Farm Bureau, SeminoleCountyAg, Youth Speech Contest

25 years later, a dream fulfilled

by Scott Angle

October 19, 2021

After 25 years, do you keep chasing a dream? Collier County Farm Bureau President Matt Stephenson-Smith does. Stephenson-Smith entered the University of Florida as a 24-year-old transfer in 1994. Decades later, he found himself still taking ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Natural Resources
Tags: College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Farm Bureau

When we can’t get to D.C., Farm Bureau helps bring D.C. here

by Scott Angle

October 4, 2021

It all started with the carrot trucks that roll through the Suwannee Valley. There are enough of them that they got the attention of a congressional aide who asked John Walt Boatright where they were coming from. John Walt told him “Glad ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management
Tags: An Angle On IFAS, Congress, Farm Bureau, Research, Research And Education Centers

UF/IFAS Extension Hamilton County Celebrates National Agriculture Day

by ghicks

March 16, 2018

Agriculture is a constantly changing, complex industry, striving to meet the needs and concerns of its consumers and customers. Food and fiber are essential to everyday living and we would like to salute the men and women who provide it not ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Agribusiness, Agriculture, Community Volunteers, Crops, Events, Livestock,
Tags: 4-H, Agriculture, Farm Bureau, Hamilton County, Hamilton County School District, Youth

Murphy’s Selected as Hamilton County Farm Family of the Year

by ghicks

November 16, 2017

For the past 40 years (1977), the UF/IFAS Extension Hamilton County Ag Advisory Committee has selected an Outstanding Farm Family of the Year. This year's farm family is the Alex Murphy Family. Alex is a 25-year-old 4th generation row crop ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Farm Management
Tags: Farm Bureau, Farm Family, Farming, Hamilton County

Madison Farm Bureau Annual Meeting Cancelled

by Dan Fenneman

September 13, 2017

September 19th Annual Meeting has been cancelled. The Madison County Farm Bureau Annual Meeting that was scheduled to take place on September 19th has been cancelled. Please help me spread the word. For questions contact the Madison County ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Events
Tags: Farm Bureau, Meeting

Farm Bureau helps UF/IFAS get closer to fundraising goal for new learning center

by BLOGS.IFAS

July 19, 2012

Click here for high resolution image. Caption at bottom. GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida’s School of Forest Resources and Conservation received a $50,000 donation Wednesday from the Florida Farm Bureau to help rebuild a ... READ MORE

Category: Forests, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Austin Cary Forest, CALS, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Farm Bureau, Florida Farm Bureau, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Jack Payne, John Hoblick, School Of Forest Resources And Conservation, Tim White, University Of Florida

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