Originally published on Panhandle Ag e-News Letter 1/31/20 In the past few weeks I’ve been to couple of bull sales and visited with numerous buyers. These interactions have reminded me that there is still a great deal of uncertainty among ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Livestock
The UF/IFAS Mid-Florida Research and Education Center’s (MREC) researchers and graduate students had strong attendance at this year’s American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) annual international conference. The MREC team ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Horticulture, Professional Development, UF/IFAS Research,One of the most popular and colorful landscape flowers for Florida homeowners is the snapdragon. Snapdragons are easy to grow in Florida, come in a wide variety of heights and colors and make beautiful fresh-cut flower arrangements. Snapdragons ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, HorticultureThere are two factors that play an integral role in distinguishing between populations within a species. First, an organism’s geography restricts its ability to disperse. Individuals in adjacent populations migrate between one another at ... READ MORE
Category: Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS ResearchCutline at bottom. Click here for high-resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A breakthrough in pine tree breeding will lead to forests better adapted to climate change and bioenergy use, University of Florida researchers report. The improved ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ResearchGAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Some University of Florida food scientists say U.S. food safety procedures need to get out of the 1960s and into the era of biotechnology. Back then, America's scientists devised a system to ensure astronauts' food stayed ... READ MORE
Category: Crops, Food Safety, Invasive Species, UF/IFASBy: Stu Hutson 352-392-0400 Source(s): Rongling Wu rwu@ufl.edu, 352-392-1946 Min Lin 919-668-7049 GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Rongling Wu is out to prove Mark Twain clearly didn’t know a darn thing about genetics. “Lies and damn lies” notwithstanding, ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ResearchBy: Tom Nordlie (352) 392-0400 Source(s): Dov Borovsky – contact Tom Nordlie at: tnordlie@ufl, 352-392-0400 Charles Powell capowell@ifas.ufl.edu, 772-468-3922 ext. 123 View Photo GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A plant-destroying virus farmers call ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ResearchBy: Stu Hutson 352-392-0400 Source(s): Maria Gallo mgm@ufl.edu, 352-273-8124 View Photo GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- For nearly 3 million Americans, the most dangerous aspect to air travel is the complimentary in-flight snack. Every year, about ... READ MORE
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