Tag: retirement

UF/IFAS Professor Retires: Jeffrey Williamson on Florida Blueberries and Mentorship

by Eva Sailly
July 29, 2026

“The very fact that we’re growing blueberries at all is because of UF/IFAS. If we didn’t have those varieties, we wouldn’t be growing blueberries commercially. The breeding program is really what turned blueberries into an important ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching, Work & Life
Tags: Blueberry, Extension, Horticultural Sciences Department, Jeffrey Williamson, Retirement, Rootstock, Stone Fruit, Teaching, UF IFAS Horticultural Sciences, UF/IFAS CALS

Frank Tipton and Joe Hayden retire after nearly 30 years in FPO

by Magdalena Poleska
January 29, 2026

Our department is proud to have employees with many years of dedicated service. This year, I would like to honor two highly valued members of our team who, after many years with FPO, are preparing to begin a well-deserved new chapter. Frank ... READ MORE

Category: Relationships & Family, Work & Life
Tags: Facilities, Facilities Planning And Operations, FPO, Frank Tipton, IFAS FPO, Joe Hayden, People, Retirement

Today’s Risk for Tomorrow: Personal Finance Series (Part 3)

by Suzanne Holloway
November 3, 2025

We’ve covered budgeting and saving as foundations of money management. Investing is another element: it means putting money into assets like stocks, bonds, or real estate to earn returns through capital gains, dividends, or interest. Investing ... READ MORE

Category: , Money Matters, Work & Life
Tags: Bonds, Cryto, Invest, Investments, Money, Money Management, Retirement, Risk, Stocks

4 Session Webinar Series: Will You Be Ready for Retirement?

by Lisa Leslie
June 30, 2021

Will You Be Ready for Retirement? 4-session webinar series University of Florida IFAS Extension is partnering with the Financial Planning Association of Central Florida to provide this series. This webinar series will be especially helpful ... READ MORE

Category: Money Matters
Tags: Personal Finance Webinars, Retirement, Retirement Planning

Resources for Retirement

by BLOGS.IFAS
July 15, 2015

It's Easy to Get Started The U.S. Department of the Treasury has launched myRA (my Retirement Account), a new retirement savings account that can help people start saving for their future. If you don’t have access to a retirement savings ... READ MORE

Category: Money Matters, Work & Life
Tags: America Saves, Bank, Budget, Cash, Credit, Credit Management, Debt, Debt Management, Educational, Extension, Families & Consumers, Family, Family & Consumer Sciences, Family And Consumer Sciences, Family Youth & Community Sciences, Finances, Financial, Financial Planning, Financial Stability, Financial Tips, Management, Money, Money Management, Retire, Retirement, Safe, Save, Savings, Savings Account, Security, Shelley Swenson, Wakulla, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension, Women

2015 AgSave$ Summit

by BLOGS.IFAS
February 16, 2015

Dear Jefferson County Farm Families: Operating a successful family farm requires meeting many challenges. We focus on production, marketing and weather issues so intensely, we can forget to take care of the financial and family sides of the ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Farm Management
Tags: Ag, Critical Issues, Family Operation, Farm, Financial Status, Initiative, Manage Debt, Retirement, Summit

Save for Retirement

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February 27, 2014

How to do it: Particpate in a work-related retirement program or open up a Roth IRA. Already saving? Increase the amount you save toward retirement by 1% in 2014. READ MORE

Category: Money Matters, Relationships & Family, Work & Life
Tags: America Saves, America Saves Week, Budget, Financial, Money Management, Retirement, Roth IRA, Save, Saving, Wakulla County Extension

Retirement Webinar

by Ken Gioeli
June 19, 2013

Are you saving enough for retirement? Do you know how much you need to save? Confused about different retirement accounts? Want information from a source you can trust? Learn the answers and more by participating in the Building Your Finances ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Money Matters
Tags: 401K, Family & Consumer Sciences, Financial, Home & Community Education, IRA, Money Management, Money Matters, Retirement

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