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Natural disaster on the farm. Flooded field with seedlings of eggplant and leek. Heavy rain and flooding. The risks of harvest loss. The flood. Agriculture. Ukraine, Kherson region. Selective focus.

Alerta de prensa: Se solicita al sector agrícola de Florida que reporte los impactos adversos del huracán Debby

by Luz Bahder
August 6, 2024

Creado por Megan Winslow, especialista en relaciones públicas para UF/IFAS.  Qué: Encuesta del Programa de Análisis de Impacto Económico (EIAP, por sus siglas en inglés) de University of Florida-Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Horticulture, Livestock, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Christa Court, Clima, Confidencial, Danos, Danos A Activos, Debby, EIAP, Encuesta, Español, Estimaciones, Finca, Florida, Granja, Huracan Debby, Impacto, Impactos Economicos, Industria Agricola, Perdidas Economicas, Programa De Análisis De Impacto Económico, Propiedad, Sector Agricola, Severo, Spanish, UF-IFAS

Basics of Landscaping in Florida–Bilingual Booklet in the UF/IFAS Bookstore

by Hannah Eason (formerly Wooten)
July 25, 2024

Better landscaping practices are good for Florida! Even though Florida has a lot of water resources, there are also a lot of people and industries sucking from the tap...and more keep coming. Long story short, Floridians need to conserve ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Disaster Preparation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Horticulture, Lawn, Money Matters, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Water, Wildlife, Work & Life
Tags: Alachua, Alachua Co, Basics Of Landscaping, Best Practice, Best Practices, Big Box, Big Box Stores Selling Plants, Bilingual, BMP, BMPs, Ceu Continuing Education, Cflandscapes, Community Leaders, Community Planners, Crape-myrtle, Cultural Ipm, Elected Officials, EPD, EPDs, FFL, Flooding, Florida, Florida Friendly, Florida Friendly Landscape, Heat, Heat Island, Heat Islands, How To Landscape, Hwooten, IPM, Land Developers, Landscape, Landscape Professionals, Landscaper, Landscapes, Mow, Mowing, Nursery Growers, Orange, Orange Co., Palm, Parks Departments, Planner, Planners, Prune, Pruning, Residents, Seminole, Seminole Co., Spring, Springs, Turf, Uf Ifas Uf Ifas Bookstore, USDA, Water, Water Quality, Water Quantity

Científicos de UF investigan cómo ofrecerle un “café climáticamente inteligente”

by Luz Bahder
July 25, 2024

Creado por Brad Buck, especialista sénior en relaciones públicas para UF/IFAS.  ¿Se le antoja esa taza de café por la mañana? A nivel mundial, los consumidores beben más de 2,2 mil millones de tazas de café al día. Detrás de todo ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Adaptacion, Agricultura, Ali Sarkhosh, Alternativas De Cafe, Altitud, Altura, Brasil, Cafe, Cafe Arabica, Cafe Climaticamente Inteligente, Cafe Robusta, Calidad Del Cafe, Cambio Climatico, Ciencias Horticolas, Clima, Coffea Arabica, Coffea Canephora, Conilon, Cultivo, Cultivos Climaticamente Inteligentes, Demanda Del Consumidor, Español, Felipe Ferrao, Florida, Jonathan Crane, Pierson, Produccion, Resistencia, Spanish, Suelos, TREC, UF-IFAS, Variedad Flexible, Volusia, World Coffee Research

2024 Hurricane Season Outlook

by Henry Mayer
July 23, 2024

Recently, we held an amazing one-hour webinar about the Outlook of the 2024 Hurricane Season with Mr. Nick Carr, who is the Senior Forecaster at the National Weather Service (NWS), affiliated with NOAA. As you can guess, the intensity of the ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Natural Resources, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: Florida, Hurricane Outlook, Hurricane Season, Hurricanes, NOAA, NWS, Outlook

Investigadores de UF/IFAS lideran avances en técnicas para impulsar la producción de maracuyá

by Luz Bahder
July 23, 2024

Creado por Meredith Bauer, especialista sénior en relaciones públicas para UF/IFAS. Mientras la temporada de maracuyá está en su apogeo en Florida, los investigadores de University of Florida/IFAS están evaluando esta dulce fruta tropical ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Ali Sarkhosh, Chinola, Cultivo Comercial, Cultivo Tropical, Cultivos Frutales, Dia De Campo Del Maracuya, Español, Florida, Florida Central Y Sur, Fruta, Fruta De La Pasion, Fruta Tropical, Impacto Económico, Industra De Cultivo De Maracuya, Instituto Nacional De Alimentación Y Agricultura Del Departamento De Agricultura De Los EE. UU, Investigación Y Educación Sobre Sostenibilidad, Maracuya, Mercado, Parcha, Parchita, Productores Agricolas, Productores De Maracuya, Resistencia A Enfermedades, Resistencia Al Frio Y A Las Enfermedades, Spanish, UF-IFAS, Unidad De Educación E Investigación En Ciencias Vegetales En Citra, Variedad De Maracuya

Red Tide, Fisheries Modeling and Citizen Science: Casting a Line to Anglers and Gulf of Mexico Stakeholders for Better Data!

by Michael Sipos
June 19, 2024

In fisheries management, setting the acceptable biological catch (ABC) is vital to ensure sustainable harvest without overexploiting fish stocks. The ABC determines how much fish can be harvested each year, and is estimated using a stock ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Coasts & Marine, Community Volunteers, Conservation, Disaster Preparation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Lawn, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Recreation, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, , Water, Wildlife, Work & Life
Tags: #RedTide, Algae, Amberjack, Angling, Beach, Brevetoxin, Brevis, Charlotte County, Citizen Science, Collier County, Dinoflagellate, Ecosystem, Ffa, Fish, Fish Kill, Fisheries, Fishing, Florida, Florida Friendly, Florida Friendly Angler, Florida Sea Grant, GoM, Grouper, Grunt, Gulf Of Mexico, HAB, Harmful Algae Bloom, Hernando County, Hillsborough County, Hogfish, Inshore, K. Brevis, Karenia, Lee County, Marine Biology, Modeling, Offshore, Pasco County, Phytoplankton, Pinellas County, Plankton, Red Tide, Redfish, Reef Fish, Research, Seafood, Snapper, Snook, Tarpon

How to Maintain Atala Butterflies in Your Garden Year-Round, Fourth Blog

by Vilma Valdes
June 17, 2024

In-A-Pinch Preventative Measures Transfer and Retransfer: A great help to the coonties during the Atalas’ peak munching period is to transfer the bigger caterpillars from the newer growth to older leaves or to a bigger plant that is better ... READ MORE

Category: , Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: Florida, Florida Friendly Landscape, Homestead, Miami-Dade, South Florida, UF/IFAS Miami-Dade Extension, Wildlife

Tropical Milkweed and OE

by Tia Silvasy
June 1, 2024

Tropical Milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) is commonly found in garden centers and is easy to grow. However, recent research has suggested that gardeners should avoid tropical milkweed and plant native species instead. Unlike native milkweeds ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, , Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: Butterflies, Butterfly Garden, Florida, Florida Native Plants, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Milkweed, Monarch, Native Plants, OE, Pollinators, Tsilvasy