Tag: fertilizer

UF/IFAS researchers deploy drones to perfect nutrient rates

by Megan Winslow
January 13, 2025

The ability to detect crop nutrient deficiencies and promptly modify fertilizer application to address them is invaluable to agricultural producers — especially growers operating under slim profit margins. Identifying how much of a particular ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management
Tags: Algorithm, Ayush Sharma, Best Management Practices Lab, BMP, Citra, Corn, Cotton, Crop, Drone, Environmental, Extension, Fertilizer, Grower, Hastings, Hastings Agricultural Extension Center, IFAS, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Lakesh Sharma, Megan Winslow, NDVI, Nitrogen, NMP, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, North Florida Research And Education Unit, Nutrient, Nutrient Management Program, Plant Health, Plant Science Research And Education Unit, Producer, Recommendation, Research, Soil Fertility, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, Sustainable, Suwannee Valley, UF, UF-IFAS

Poultry Litter Biochar: sustainably boosting crop yields and soil health

by Mike Loizzo
January 12, 2025

What if agricultural waste could be transformed into a resource that boosts crop yields and improves soil health? A team of UF/IFAS researchers believes poultry litter biochar (PLB) has the potential to do just that. Dr. Andressa Freitas and ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Andressa Freitas, Biochar, Fertilizer, Phosphorus, Poultry Litter, Soil Health, Soil Nutrient Management, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, Vimala Nair

Stakeholder Engagement Program: A Corn Competition for Efficient Nitrogen and Irrigation Management in Florida

by Sydney Williams
January 9, 2025

The 2024 Stakeholder Engagement Program (STEP) Corn Competition in Suwannee County, Fla., focuses on promoting the adoption of best management practices (BMPs) in nitrogen and irrigation use among farmers. The event supporters are the Florida ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Controlled Release, Corn, Fertilizer, North Florida REC, Nutrient Management Program, Suwannee Valley

Understanding USDA Plant Hardiness Zones

by Julia Sirchia
December 4, 2024

Are you ready to start you’re a gardening journey, but don’t know where to begin? Or maybe all the plants you’ve tried struggle to survive. Have you considered which USDA Plant Hardiness Zone you live in? If not, it may be part of the ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: #RightPlantRightPlace, Central Florida, Cold Damage, Cold Hardiness, Community Garden, Community Gardens, Dade City, Fertilizer, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Garden, Gardening, Gardens, Goals, Growing Conditions, Horticulture, Irrigation, Know Your Zone, Landscape, Landscaping, Native Plants, Nutrition, Resilient Landscaping, Right Place, Right Plant, Saving Water, Smart Irrigation, Soil, UF/IFAS Pasco Extension Office, USDA Plant Hardiness Zone, Vegetables, Water Conservation, Water Wise

Plant Food: Sunlight or Fertilizer?

by Julia Sirchia
November 12, 2024

How cool would it be if we humans could photosynthesize, or turn sunlight into food? Plants make their own food through a process called photosynthesis. Without getting too technical, plants take light energy (sunlight), carbon dioxide, and ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Energy, Fertilizer, Fertilizers, Pesticides, PH, Photosynthesis, Plant Lifecycle, Plant Nutrients, Plants, Plants Garden, Sunlight

Know your soil: UF/IFAS lab analysis reveals composition prior to planting

by Megan Winslow
October 31, 2024

Franta Majs is a common fixture at Florida plant shows and sales. He doesn’t attend to shop, however. He’s on hand to offer advice. (more…) READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops
Tags: Acidity, Amendment, ANSERV Labs, Extension, Fertilizer, Franta Majs, IFAS, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Lime, Macronutrient, Megan Winslow, Micronutrient, Nutrient Management Program, PH, Plant, Planting, Research, Soil, Soil Test, Test, UF, UF-IFAS, UF/IFAS Analytical Services, University Of Florida

GI-BMP Class in SPANISH 12/12/24

by Hannah Eason (formerly Wooten)
October 30, 2024

El fertilizante es regulado en la Florida y en Orange County. Cada persona que aplica fertilizantes por contrato por ley está obligado obtener una certificación para la aplicacion de fertilizantes. El fertilizante está regulado porque sabemos ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Management, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
Tags: Applicator, Best Management Practices, BMP BMPs, CEU, CEUs, Cflandscapes, Clases, Clases En Espanol, Commercial, Español, Fertilizer, Fertilizer Applicator, Fertilizer License, FFL, Florida, Florida Friendly, GIBMP, Green Industries, Green Industries Best Management Practices, Hwooten, Landscape, Ornamentals, Plants, Spanish, Spanish Class, Turf, Turfgrasses

Best Management Practices: Nitrogen fertilizer on snap bean after legumes in the Suwannee Valley

by Sydney Williams
October 28, 2024

Snap bean is a significant legume crop cultivated for its immature pods, with the U.S. accounting for 71% of global production. The crop is also a popular grocery commodity due to its vitamins, high protein, and dietary fiber. Legumes are generally ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Fertilizer, Nutrient Management Program, Snap Bean, Suwannee Valley

Herbicide plus fertilizer equals fewer weeds and, thus more tomatoes

by Brad Buck
October 24, 2024

A combination of herbicide and fertilizer can prevent the nasty nutsedge weed from harming tomatoes, new University of Florida research shows. That, in turn, should mean more of the fruit going to the grocery store and your kitchen. An increase ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS
Tags: Control, Fertilizer, Herbicide, Horticultural Sciences Department, Nutsedge, Plastic Mulch, Pre-emergence Herbicide, Ramdas Kanissery, Ruby Tiwari, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, Tomatoes, Vegetables, Weed Scientist

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