Tag: Mid-Florida Research and Education Center

UF/IFAS Selects Tina McIntyre to Lead Sustainable Land Development Efforts

by Center for Land Use Efficiency
June 17, 2026

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Tina McIntyre, a longtime UF/IFAS Extension faculty member and Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ agent, has been named the new UF/IFAS Extension Regional Specialized Agent (RSA) for Sustainable Land Development with the ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Water
Tags: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Mid-Florida Research And Education Center, UF/IFAS Extension
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Survey shows most homeowners don’t understand the two key jobs of stormwater ponds

by Brad Buck
April 28, 2026

More than 76,000 stormwater ponds are woven into Florida neighborhoods. Yet beneath their calm surfaces, these ponds are quietly struggling. Many are overloaded with excess nutrients, fueling algal blooms and degrading water quality. At the ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS, Water
Tags: Aesthetics, Buffer Zone, Ecosystems, Filter, Flooding, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Food And Resource Economics, Hayk Khachatryan, Homeowners, Homeowners Associations, Knowledge, Michelle Atkinson, Mid-Florida Research And Education Center, Nutrients, Residential Neighborhood, Residents, Stormwater, Stormwater Ponds, UF/IFAS Extension Manatee County, Water, Water Quality
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Media Alert: Join Experts for the 11th Annual UF/IFAS Florida Agricultural Policy Outlook Conference

by Jamie Groh
March 31, 2026

What: The UF/IFAS Department of Food and Resource Economics (FRE) hosts the annual Florida Agricultural Policy Outlook Conference.  Where: The Mid-Florida Research and Education Center, 2725 S Binion Rd, Apopka, Fl, 32703 or virtually ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS
Tags: Conference, Featured, Florida Agricultural Policy Conference, Florida Agricultural Policy Outlook Conference, Food And Resource Economics, Food And Resource Economics Department, Mid-Florida Research And Education Center, Policy, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences
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What’s New on Ask IFAS: Food and Resource Economics (Nov.–Dec.)

by Susan Gildersleeve
January 9, 2026

Agricultural Conservation Easement Programs: A Quick Reference Guide Candace Lantz, Nathan Palardy, Derek Farnsworth, Alena Poulin. This quick reference guide to federal, state, and county agricultural conservation easement acquisition programs ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Agricultural Conservation Easement Programs, Blueberry, Citrus, Consumer Behavior, Consumer Preferances, Cover Crops, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Mid-Florida Research And Education Center, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center
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Center scientists aim to solve devastating citrus greening, first, then other crop diseases

by Brad Buck
January 6, 2026

University of Florida scientists are joining forces at the Crop Transformation Center (CTC) to wage a high-tech war against pests and diseases threatening Florida’s crops – arming farmers with cutting-edge solutions to protect the state’s ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS
Tags: Alfred Huo, Bioinformatics, Charlie Messina, Citrus, Citrus Greening, Citrus Research And Education Center, Crop Transformation Center, Gene Editing, Genetics, Growers, Horticultural Sciences, Huanglongbing (HLB), Michael Rogers, Mid-Florida Research And Education Center, Single Cell Sequencing, Transgenic
A woman holding onto and looking at a glass of water.

Free Webinar Series for Private Well and Septic System Owners

by Yilin
July 16, 2025

Do you know what is in your drinking water? If you own a private well or have a septic system, maintaining these systems is your responsibility, and your first line of defense in protecting your family’s health, your property, and our shared ... READ MORE

Category: Disaster Preparation, Home Management, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
Tags: Andrea Albertin, Drinking Water, Extension, FWON, Groundwater, Home Maintenance, Hurricane Preparedness, Mid-Florida Research And Education Center, MREC, North Florida Research And Education Center, Private Wells, Septic Systems, Webinar, Well Water, Wells, Yilin Zhuang
A partially flooded agricultural field with rows of green plants.

Hurricanes can bring crop diseases, but plant clinics help farmers quickly and accurately battle pathogens spread by storms

by Brad Buck
May 28, 2025

Last fall, strawberry fields in the Tampa Bay region and at the UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center (GCREC) were riddled by colletotrichum crown rot disease, which was spread by winds and rain from Hurricane Milton. The Category ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Crops, Crown Rot, Disease Control, Diseases, Florida Strawberry Growers Association, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Hurricane Milton, Hurricanes, Kenneth Parker, Marcus Marin, Mathews Paret, Mid-Florida Research And Education Center, Natalia Peres, North Florida Research And Education Center, Pathogens, Plant Diagnostic Clinic, Plant Diseases, Plant Pathology, Rapid Diagnosis, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, Soybean Rust, Strawberries, Tropical Research And Education Center

UF/IFAS researchers work to advance grapevine health, helping California’s wine industry

by Stella Canfield
January 15, 2025

UF/IFAS researchers are tackling a critical challenge: protecting California’s $73 billion wine and wine grape industry. Grapevine red blotch disease (GRBD) and grapevine leafroll disease (GLD), caused by complex insect vector-borne viruses, ... READ MORE

Category: Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Kirsten Pelz-Stelinski, Mid-Florida Research And Education Center, MREC, National Academy Of Sciences, Ozgur Batuman, Research, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, Wine
Dried hops

UF/IFAS researchers work to make beer hops a Florida crop

by Megan Winslow
May 7, 2024

Although plenty of Florida’s craft brewers advertise their libations as brewed with state-grown ingredients, a vital ingredient – hops – is not readily available within the Sunshine State. A University of Florida study currently underway, ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Horticulture, UF/IFAS
Tags: Apopka, Aroma Test, Beer, Brewers Association, Brewing, Cascade, Chinook, Craft Brewing, Florida Department Of Agriculture And Consumer Services, Food Science And Human Nutrition Department, Greenhouse, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Hops, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Katherine Thompson-Witrick, Megan Winslow, Mid-Florida Research And Education Center, Research, Sensory Test, Testing, UF-IFAS, University Of Florida, University Of Florida Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Yakima Valley
Oxalis stricta

‘False shamrock’ more likely to herald headaches than luck

by Megan Winslow
March 13, 2024

Florida residents seeking a dose of luck this St. Patrick’s Day likely won’t find it among the weeds in their backyards. (more…) READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Lawn, Turf, UF/IFAS
Tags: Chris Marble, Herbicides, Holiday, Landscape, Lawn, Luck, Matthew Lollar, Megan Winslow, Mid-Florida Research And Education Center, Oxalis, Oxalis Stricta, Santa Rosa County, St Patrick's Day, St. Patty's Day, UF-IFAS, University Of Florida Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Weed

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