The U.S. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences shared the following news release, related to conservation resources... NRCS Florida Accepts EQIP, CSP Applications through November 1, 2024 GAINESVILLE, Florida, September 11, 2024 ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Conservation![peanut plants in a field flooded by a hurricane's rains in florida. [credit: uf/ifas, tyler jones]](https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/sarasotaco/wp-content/blogs.dir/40/files/2024/10/2024_Ag_cropStormDamageFloodedPeanuts_ifasTylerJonesCROP1650x470TINY.png)
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences shared the following news release, related to Hurricane Milton recovery... Commissioner Wilton Simpson Launches Loan Program for Florida Farmers Impacted by Hurricane Milton TALLAHASSEE, ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture![fresh produce spills out from a reusable shopping bag laid on a tabletop. [credit: unsplash.com, ratul ghosh]](https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/sarasotaco/wp-content/blogs.dir/40/files/2024/07/2024_Ag_produceAssortedCarrybag_unsplashRatulGhoshCROP1650x470TINY.png)
Consumers spend billions of dollars at the grocery store annually on heavily marketed products that promise exciting health benefits. Of course, we want to eat healthy, protect the environment, and buy food that is safe for our children. We ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Health & Nutrition, Money Matters![two black cattle forage in a green pasture, with trees and a tree line in the distance. [credit: uf/ifas, cat wofford]](https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/sarasotaco/wp-content/blogs.dir/40/files/2024/05/2023_Ag_forageCattlePasture_ifasCatWoffordCROP1650x470TINY.png)
What is the fundamental key for successfully keeping horses, producing beef or pasturing poultry, pigs or small ruminants? It is the quality of grass you are raising. If you have a trust fund, you can feed expensive hay. The rest of us depend ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Livestock![youth gather around an instructor and livestock during the 2024 youth safety day hosted by uf/ifas extension sarasota county. [credit: uf/ifas extension sarasota county]](https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/sarasotaco/wp-content/blogs.dir/40/files/2024/05/IMG_0615CROP1650x470.jpeg)
Recent tragedies have rocked our community with youth being fatally injured outdoors. It is my highest priority to keep youth and adults safe when enjoying our outdoors and working on farms and ranches. On Feb. 03, 2024, we held our 2nd ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture
Take a serious step forward in becoming a farmer with our eight-week series that covers all aspects of starting a farm business, including market research, business planning, production, pricing, sales, marketing, legal and regulatory. Guest ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Farm Management![closeup on hands of farmer using a weed cutter carefully around a newly sprouted plant. [credit: uf/ifas]](https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/sarasotaco/wp-content/blogs.dir/40/files/2024/02/2024_Ag_blogSmallFarmSchool_1338x357.png)
“Your preparation for the real world is not in the answers you’ve learned, but in the questions you’ve learned how to ask.” -- Bill Watterson What’s With All the Questions!?! KEY QUESTIONS • Who? ✔ • What ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Farm Management![a girl wearing black clothes looks an an oversized analog alarm click. [credit: pixabay.com, un-perfekt]](https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/sarasotaco/wp-content/blogs.dir/40/files/2024/01/2024_Ag_impatientChildClock_pixabayUn-PerfektCROP1338x357TINY-2.jpg)
"If I had six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first four hours sharpening the axe." -- Abraham Lincoln As a kid, we sometimes couldn't wait for Christmas and we tore into the presents early. Finally, when the big day arrived, we ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Farm Management![aerial view of rural town with an array of homes surrounded by multiple farms and farmland. [credit: unsplash.com, luca j]](https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/sarasotaco/wp-content/blogs.dir/40/files/2023/12/2023_Ag_farmlandByTown01_unsplashLucaJCROP1338x357TINY.png)
"There is no there there." -- Gertrude Stein, Author "Where" your farm business is located is a very important question. It matters in many ways. Like the Ashton Kutcher movie, "Dude, Where's My Car?", you don't want the location of your farm ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Farm Management![a woman walks through a corn field and scans growing crops. [credit: unsplash.com, gonzalo facello]](https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/sarasotaco/wp-content/blogs.dir/40/files/2023/11/2023_Ag_farmingOrganicWomanCornfield_unsplashGonzaloFacelloCROP1338x357TINY.png)
"It isn't what you do, but how you do it." —John Wooden, Hall of Fame basketball coach Last time we talked about some of the thousands of different products, the "what" you can produce on a farm, from livestock to bees and fish, from trees ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Farm Management