Welcome to the first blog in the Florida 101 series! This series of blogs will be geared towards introductions to topics that are important to understand when living in coastal Florida. Whether you are one of the 1,000 new residents who ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Recreation, UF/IFAS Extension,
Whether you dine on a traditional holiday meal this year – or opt for something more exotic -- keep safety in mind. That starts with shopping and goes through preparing the feast and storing leftovers. We talked to Keith Schneider, a UF/IFAS ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS
Chick days are upon us, and before you take home a colony of chicks by impulse, take a moment to verify that you are ready to receive them. Below you will find some critical key points that are essential for the survival of your new feathered ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Livestock, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
In case you didn’t know medication isn’t cheap. Whether you are buying for a human, or any of our livestock this holds true. It would be a shame if that livestock medication never made a proper transition from bottle to animal wouldn’t ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, , Livestock
FAWN, or the Florida Automated Weather Network, is a system of weather stations created as a resource for industry professionals to make informed management decisions in agriculture production. Since 1998, FAWN has monitored dew point, relative ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension
Anyone is at high for getting a food borne illness if proper precautions aren’t met, but did you know that children under five are particularly susceptible to getting a food borne illness? That is because their immune systems aren’t developed ... READ MORE
Category: Food Safety, Work & Life
Hot air rises and cool air falls. Its kind of remarkable how much our lives as we know it depend on this, as this property of physics is one reason we have weather at all. During the winter, the thing to watch out for whenever ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Horticulture
Hot air rises and cool air falls. Its kind of remarkable how much our lives as we know it depend on this, as this property of physics is one reason we have weather at all. During the winter, the thing to watch out for whenever ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Horticulture
When determining what vegetables to plant for an upcoming planting season, multiple factors need to be taken into consideration. First, is it the correct season/time to plant said vegetable? Planting outside of a vegetables preferred season ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Horticulture, Pests & Disease
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Aside from rising sea levels, many climate change models predict that in the future, the planet’s temperature and weather will become increasingly erratic with wild, unpredictable storms and fluctuating conditions. A ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS Research