By: Ami Neiberger, Florida 4-H Youth Devel GAINESVILLE—The U.S. Sugar Corporation has been named to the 4-H Golden Circle of Friends for its support of environmental education. Mike Richards, president of the Florida 4-H Foundation,… Read More
By: Carole L. Jaworski Source(s): Jane Polston (941) 751-7636 Ernest Hiebert (941) 392-7246 GAINESVILLE—A new virus that could ruin Florida’s $500 million tomato industry and spread throughout the South has been detected by researchers with… Read More
By: Chuck Woods (352) 392-1773 x 281 Source: Jonathan Day (561) 778-7200 GAINESVILLE—If mosquitoes and other insects are taking a bite out of your summer fun, don’t bother with one of those electric bug zappers,… Read More
Q: The first Blue Book began in what time, it wants to convey to you is what is the concept? A: The first of the Blue Book began in 1845, Cheap Tiffany Jewelry currently displayed in the… Read More
By: Cindy Spence Source: James Lloyd (352) 392-1901, ext. 124 GAINESVILLE—If you want to know where all the fireflies have gone, the world’s leading authority on them has some advice: Look for them. But you… Read More
By: Cindy Spence Source(s): Joseph Knapp (941) 956-1151 John Capinera (352)392-1901, ext. 111 Norm Nesheim (352) 392-4721 GAINESVILLE—Is the pesticide malathion dangerous or safe? The way malathion is being used in Hillsborough, Polk and Manatee… Read More
By: Carole L. Jaworski Source: Cornelis G. Hoogeweg, Arthur H (352) 392-1951 GAINESVILLE-A new computer software program, developed by a University of Florida graduate student from the Netherlands, will help protect Florida’s drinking water from… Read More
By: Chuck Woods (352) 392-1773 x 281 Source: Andrew Hanson (352) 392-1928 ext. 334 GAINESVILLE—A University of Florida professor reports finding “the missing link” in how tiny ocean algae produce a chemical substance that influences… Read More
By: Cindy Spence Source(s): Garret Evans (352) 392-1868 Sam Sears (352) 395-0680, ext. 54382 GAINESVILLE—Extension agents in North Dakota — long trusted advisers for crop, business and home advice — now find flood victims turning… Read More
By: Cindy Spence Source(s): John Foltz (352) 392-1901, ext. 130 James Meeker (352) 372-3505 GAINESVILLE—A tree-killing beetle has invaded the Ocala National Forest and by the time its work is done the face of the… Read More
