Tag: Producers

UF/IFAS Typical Grower Events and Resources You Should Know

by Hannah Eason
August 25, 2025

This blog is intended to help growers, ranchers, beekeepers, landscapers, and specialty producers access recurring UF/IFAS trainings, field days, webinars, and educational resources. Typical programs and links are included, but may be subject ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Livestock
Tags: Beef Cattle, Beekeeper, Beekeepers, BMPs, Cflandscapes, Edis, Events, Farmer, Farmers, FDACS, FFL, Florida Friendly, GI-BMP, Growers, Hops, Landscaper, Landscapers, Local Foods, Marketing, Online Learning, Pesticide Applicator License, Producers, Resources, Small Farms, Specialty Producers, UF/IFAS Resources, Vegetable Guide, Vegetable Production

UF/IFAS Extension Orange County Commercial Horticulture Classes–2025

by Hannah Eason
January 20, 2025

Good things are growing in Orange County, Florida! Let's keep our minds as sharp as our tools and learn together in 2025. The exciting line-up of classes is designed to build upon topics from the basics to specifics of commercial horticulture ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, Turf
Tags: Basics Of Landscaping, Best Management Practices, CEUs, Cflandscapes, Commercial Horticulture, Commercial Landscaping, Commercial Lawn And Ornamental, Commercial Pesticide, GI-BMP, Growers, Home Hydroponics, Hydroponics, Landscape Maintenance, Lawn And Ornamental, Lawn And Ornamentals, Limited Lawn And Ornamental, Limited Urban Fertilizer Applicator License, Palms, PCO, Pest Control, Pest Control Operator, Pesticide, Pesticide Applicator License, Pesticide CEUs, Producers, Pruning Palms, Set It And Forget It

UF/IFAS to share results of Hurricane Milton agricultural impacts assessment

by Megan Winslow
December 17, 2024

What: UF/IFAS virtual press conference announcing preliminary results from Hurricane Milton agricultural impacts assessment. (more…) READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Livestock
Tags: Agricultural, Agricultural Losses, Agriculture, Christa Court, Damages, Economic Impact Analysis Program, Economics, EIAP, Growers, Hurricane, Hurricane Milton, IFAS, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Media, Megan Winslow, Press Conference, Producers, Report, Survey, UF, UF-IFAS, University Of Florida

Hurricane Helene: Florida agricultural production losses top $40M, UF economists estimate

by Megan Winslow
November 19, 2024

The UF/IFAS Economic Impact Analysis Program rapidly assesses the impacts to Florida agriculture following extreme weather events. The preliminary report for Hurricane Helene is newly released. The report estimates a credible range of ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Livestock
Tags: Agriculture, Debby, Economic Impact Analysis Program, EIAP, Flood, Flooding, Growers, Hurricane, Hurricane Helene, IFAS, Impact, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Irrigation, Losses, Megan Winslow, Milton, Perry, Power Outage, Preliminary Report, Producers, Rain, Research, Siesta Key, Storm, Survey, Tornado, UF, UF-IFAS, University Of Florida, Wind, Xiaohui Qiao

UF/IFAS to share results of Hurricane Helene agricultural impacts assessment

by Megan Winslow
November 14, 2024

What: UF/IFAS virtual press conference announcing preliminary results from Hurricane Helene agricultural impacts assessment When: Tuesday, Nov. 19, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Where: Zoom. Registration required. About: UF/IFAS Economic Impact ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Agricultural Losses, Agriculture, Christa Court, Damage, Economic Impact Analysis Program, EIAP, Growers, Helene, Hurricane, Hurricane Helene, Losses, Megan Winslow, Producers, Storm

‘SWFL Fresh’ campaign encourages purchase of local food

by Jessica M. Ryals
June 29, 2021

Special to The News-Press, May 30, 2020 Southwest Florida is home to a wide range of agricultural commodities, and our farmers are producing some of the freshest fruits, vegetables and seafood you can find. That’s good news for our residents ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Agriculture, Collier County, Consumer, Growers, Local Food, Marketing, Producers, Products, Sustainability, SWFL, SWFL Fresh

Florida MarketMaker – A Tool for Producer Marketing & Applied Research

by BLOGS.IFAS
December 4, 2014

Did you know that UF/IFAS manages a nifty FREE resource called Florida MarketMaker for marketing and research throughout the food supply chain? Many producers and Extension throughout Florida do not even know this resource exists. MarketMaker ... READ MORE

Category: Money Matters, Work & Life
Tags: Buyers, Consumers, Distributors, Extension, Farmers, Farmers Markets, Fisheries, Florida MarketMaker, Food Hubs, Food Related Businesses, Food Supply, Neries, Od Pantries, Processors/packers, Producers, Ranchers, Restaurants, Retailers, Seafood Dealers, Wholesalers

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