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What Goes Up Comes DOWN! Alternatives to Helium Balloons

by Ana Zangroniz
June 29, 2020

By Ana Zangroniz, Florida Sea Grant Extension Agent & Leanne Hauptman, Miami-Dade County Sea Turtle Conservation Program Now that sea turtle nesting season is in full swing, the Miami-Dade County Sea Turtle Conservation Program staff ... READ MORE

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Tags: #balloonalternatives, #balloonsblow, #marineturtles, #mdcstcp, #miamidadeseaturtleconservationprogram, #miamidadeseaturtles, #seaturtles, #turtlefriendly, #turtlestewards, #UFIFASExtension, #weloveturtles, Floridaseagrant, UF/IFAS

Virus throttles Florida’s lucrative ornamental plant industry (Interview)

by Vanessa Vassilaros
April 27, 2020

How is COVID-19 pandemic affecting the ornamental plant industry in Florida? Follow this interview by AFP news to a nursery grower and UF/IFAS Extension expert in Miami-Dade County By AFP. The palm trees that line many US boulevards, the ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture
Tags: Agriculture, COVID-19, Farmworker, Florida, Homestead, Industry, Miami, Nursery, Ornamental, Plant, Planta, Trabajo, UF/IFAS, Virus, Vivero

New Crop for Florida thanks to UF/IFAS Industrial Hemp Research Project

by Vanessa Vassilaros
August 13, 2018

Did you know that University of Florida /IFAS researchers (scientists) are working on a new crop for the Florida industry: it is the Industrial Hemp Research Pilot Project! I found out all this information when I attended one of three educational ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Agriculture, Agroecology, Alternative Crops, Crops, Florida, Hemp, Pilot, Research, TREC, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension

New insect pest in Miami-Dade County

by Vanessa Vassilaros
May 24, 2018

What is it? There is a new insect pest found in Miami-Dade County. An armored scale, to be specific, it is called the phantasma scale (Fiorinia phantasma) that can affect ornamental plants. Where can it be found? The distribution of ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Bug, CAPS, DPI, FDACS, Fiorina, Florida, Insect, Insecto, Invasive, Miami-Dade, Pest, Peste, Plaga, Scale, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension

Do you know what a Whitefly Biotype Q is?

by Vanessa Vassilaros
July 19, 2016

It is a significant pest that could damage agriculture, has spread from Palm Beach to seven (7)other Florida counties, according to a University of Florida (UF) Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) entomologist: Dr. OSborne. Crops ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: 2016. Nursery, Biotype Q, Free Class, Free Workshop, Gratis, Homestead, Miami, Mosca Blanca, Nurseries, UF, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, Vivero, Whitefly, Workshop

FL Agriculture Financial Management Conference is here!

by Vanessa Vassilaros
October 3, 2013

Do you want to learn about financial risk management seminars next to other growers of Florida in a Central location with meals and educational speakers? Now is the time! The FAFMC (FL Agriculture Financial Management Conference) is a collaborative ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Horticulture, Money Matters
Tags: Agriculture, Education, Financial Management, Florida, Growers, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension

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