Tag: Food and Resource Economics

Dr. Christa Court’s Economic Impact Analysis Program’s Disaster Impact Analysis Work recognized with Honorable Mention for AAEA Outstanding Extension Program Award.

by Alena Poulin
November 6, 2025

Led by Program Director Dr. Christa Court, interdisciplinary experts from the Economic Impact Analysis Program (EIAP) at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) have created a robust disaster impact analysis ... READ MORE

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Tags: Agriculture, Christa Court, Disaster Impact Analysis, Food And Resource Economics, Food And Resource Economics Extension, Food And Resource Economics Research, Hurricane Impacts, Natural Resource, Regional Economics

Trick or Treating Thanks to Technology? Precision Agriculture in Florida’s Sugarcane Industry

by Alena Poulin
October 31, 2025

Happy Halloween from the UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department! With millions around the United States planning to celebrate the holiday today, there will be plenty of candy and treats around to celebrate the spooky season! But ... READ MORE

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Tags: Agribusiness, Agricultural Technology, Educational Resources, Food And Resource Economics, Halloween, Master Of Agribusiness, Podcast, Precision Agriculture, Science, Science Podcast, Sugarcane

Trailblazing entomologist’s gift creates a home for students, future scientists – and a legacy of belonging

by Lourdes Mederos
October 23, 2025

The University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) will celebrate a milestone moment on Nov. 1 at 4:30 p.m., when the doors open to the Pauline O. Lawrence Student Residence at the UF/IFAS Tropical Research ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Agriculture, Dormitory, Edward "Gilly" Evans, Edward Evans, Emeritus Professor Carlton Davis, Empathy, Entomology, Enviroment, First Black Female Graduate Student, Food And Resource Economics, Fruit Flies, Future Scientists, Graduate Students, Groves, IFAS, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, J. Scott Angle, Miami-Dade County, Natural Resources, News, Pauline O. Lawrence Student Residence, Resilience, Richard Baranowski, South Florida, Students, TREC, TREC Dormitory Fund, Tropical Fruit, Tropical Research And Education Center, Tropical Vegetable, Tropics, UF, UF-IFAS, UF/IFAS Tropical Research And Education Center, University Of Florida

UF Team Places 2nd in National Spreadsheet Competition at AAEA

by Savannah Bailey
October 16, 2025

At this year’s Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) annual meeting, undergraduate students from across the country gathered to compete in a Spreadsheet Competition. This event was designed to simulate real-world data analysis ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Food And Resource Economics, Food And Resource Economics Awards, Food And Resource Economics Undergraduate

UF FRE Quiz Bowl Takes First Place at AAEA Competition

by Alena Poulin
September 22, 2025

At the end of July, FRE’s Academic Quiz Bowl team traveled to Denver, Colorado, to compete against some of the top rising agricultural economists in the country at the annual meeting of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association, ... READ MORE

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Tags: B.S. In Food And Resource EConomics, Food And Resource Economics, Food And Resource Economics Awards, Food And Resource Economics Student Involvement, Food And Resource Economics Undergraduate, FRE Quiz Bowl

Dr. Tara Wade, Expert in Natural Resources Economics, Promoted to Associate Professor

by Alena Poulin
September 17, 2025

Dr. Tara Wade has been promoted to associate professor, a well-deserved recognition of her impactful work in the field of natural resources economics since joining the University of Florida. Wade is an agricultural economist who joined ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Environmental Economics, Extension, Food And Resource Economics, Food And Resource Economics Department, Food And Resource Economics Faculty, Food And Resource Economics News, Food And Resource Economics Research, Natural Resource Economics, Natural Resources Economics, Southwest Florida, Tara Wade, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS SWFREC

Experimental Economist Dr. Bachir Kassas Promoted to Associate Professor of Food and Resource Economics

by Alena Poulin
September 16, 2025

Dr. Bachir Kassas, who joined the University of Florida in August 2018, has recently been promoted to the rank of associate professor. This is a well-deserved recognition of his scholarly pursuits and leadership in engaging the next generation ... READ MORE

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Tags: Experimental Economics, Food And Resource Economics, Food And Resource Economics Faculty, Food And Resource Economics Research

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

New Data Analytics Minor from Food and Resource Economics Department Empowers Students Seeking High Tech Career Opportunities

by Alena Poulin
August 26, 2025

Launching officially in Fall 2025, the Data Analytics for Applied Economics and Agribusiness minor is the first of its kind to be offered at the undergraduate level at the University of Florida. Department faculty designed this new minor ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: AI, B.S. In Food And Resource EConomics, Data Analytics, Data Analytics Minor, Food And Resource Economics, FRE Advising, FRE Minors, FRE Undergraduate, Professional Development, Teaching

FRE’s Ag Econ Club Wins Creative Club Award at AAEA Annual Meeting

by Savannah Bailey
August 25, 2025

The Agricultural Economics (Ag Econ) Club proudly took home first place in the Creative Club Competition at the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting, a recognition of their innovative efforts to foster student ... READ MORE

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Tags: Ag Econ Club, Food And Resource Economics, Food And Resource Economics Awards, Food And Resource Economics Undergraduate, Gator NAMA

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