Tag: NFREC-SV

UF/IFAS crop contest promotes innovation by removing risk

by Megan Winslow
November 12, 2024

A 2022 USDA survey of American farms categorized 69% as “high risk,” meaning they operated with a profit margin below 10%. “Farming is a risky business,” said Kevin Athearn, UF/IFAS regional specialized agent for rural and agribusiness ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management
Tags: Billy Browning, Competition, Corn, Cotton, Farming, Florida Stakeholder Engagement Program, Hardeep Singh, IFAS, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sceinces, Jay, Kevin Athearn, Live Oak, Megan Winslow, NFREC-SV, North Florida Research & Education Center – Suwannee Valley, Risk, STEP, UF, UF-IFAS, University Of Florida, Vivek Sharma, West Florida Research And Education Center

How It Happened: Community support creates community space at NFREC-Suwannee Valley

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May 16, 2024

The land-grant mission develops and extends science-based knowledge from the university to individuals, businesses and communities across the state. Fulfilling this mission for the communities of the Suwannee River Basin is the focus of the ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS
Tags: Advancement Council, Community Support, Extension, Florida Farm Bureau, How It Happened, Live Oak, NFREC, NFREC-SV, Nutrien, Pavilion, Suwannee Valley, UF-IFAS

Fresh Facilities

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January 6, 2022

We are grateful for the passionate alumni, friends, volunteers, stakeholders, industry partners and community members who made these new UF/IFAS facilities a reality in 2021: In April, Florida 4-H Camp Cherry Lake celebrated its renovated ... READ MORE

Category: Camp, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: ABE, Alachua County Extension, Austin Cary Forest, BTU, CALS, Camp Cherry Lake, Dormitory, Facilities, Henry Davis, Microbiology, NFREC-SV, Sam Tripson, Sams-LeFils Round Pens, Sawmill, TREC

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