Category: Farm Management

Women’s history month: Madeline Mellinger

by Scott Angle
March 15, 2023

Madeline Mellinger had only about a year of experience working with growers in the Everglades Agricultural Area when they asked her to serve as their adviser on pest management. During that year she had established their trust through consistent ... READ MORE

Category: Academics, Agribusiness, AGRICULTURE, Community Volunteers, Crops, EVENTS, Farm Management, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
Tags: Everglades, History, IFAS, IPM, UF

When we can’t get to D.C., Farm Bureau helps bring D.C. here

by Scott Angle
October 4, 2021

It all started with the carrot trucks that roll through the Suwannee Valley. There are enough of them that they got the attention of a congressional aide who asked John Walt Boatright where they were coming from. John Walt told him “Glad ... READ MORE

Category: Academics, AGRICULTURE, Crops, Farm Management, UF/IFAS
Tags: An Angle On IFAS, Congress, Farm Bureau, Research, Research And Education Centers

Challenging Conventional Wisdom

by Scott Angle
September 27, 2021

One of the jobs of UF/IFAS scientists is to challenge conventional wisdom. You don’t want to bet the ranch on something that only seems true. Facts, empirical evidence and data are a more solid foundation for the truth you need to make decisions ... READ MORE

Category: Academics, AGRICULTURE, Farm Management, Livestock, UF/IFAS
Tags: An Angle On IFAS, Cattle, J. Scott Angle, Research

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