Tag: agricultural industry

Media Alert: Florida agricultural sector asked to share adverse impacts of Hurricane Debby

by Megan Winslow
August 6, 2024

What: University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Economic Impact Analysis Program (EIAP) survey for losses and damages associated with Hurricane Debby. (more…) READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Disaster Preparation, Farm Management, Livestock, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Agricultural, Agricultural Industry, Agriculture, Disaster, Economic Impact Analysis Program, EIAP, Emergency, Extension, Flood, Flooding, Hazard, Hurricane, Hurricane Debby, IFAS, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Megan Winslow, Production Losses, Research, Response, Steinhatchee, Storm, Survey, UF, UF/IFAS, University Of Florida, Weather

Florida’s food supply chain industries asked to share how they fared in 2020

by Kirsten Romaguera Rabin
February 18, 2021

Responses are sought from anyone who contributes to the food supply chain. Specifically, this is a call for responses from Florida businesses, but other responses are welcomed and will be assessed as part of a nationwide glimpse of COVID-19 ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Agricultural Industry, Christa Court, Covid-19, COVID19, Economic Impact, Economic Impact Analysis Program, Food Supply Chain, Survey

Northeast Florida Farms Test ‘Eyes in the Ground’ Through UF Program

by Kirsten Romaguera Rabin
July 10, 2019

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Farming is a business of uncertainty. Through droughts and downpours, generations of Florida farmers have continued to till the land and contribute to a multibillion-dollar industry for the state. But agricultural innovations ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
Tags: Agricultural Best Management Practices, Agricultural Industry, Charles Barrett, Crops, Irrigation, Soil Moisture Sensor, Tatiana Sanchez, Technology, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Extension Alachua County, UF/IFAS Extension Northeast District, Water

UF Scientist: Florida Crop Surveillance Network Offers State-Level Example of Proposed Global System

by Kirsten Romaguera Rabin
July 9, 2019

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Growing agricultural production demands and new disease threats will necessitate a global surveillance system for crop diseases, according to a new article in the journal Science. But one of the co-authors from the University ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Food Safety, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Agricultural Industry, Disease, Disease Transmission, Karen Garrett, Plant Pathology

UF/IFAS study: Women earn nearly half the doctorates in ag sciences, but gaining limited stature

by Brad Buck
December 21, 2016

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Despite earning 44 percent of the doctorates in agricultural sciences, women hold just 23 percent of the tenure-track faculty positions at U.S. land-grant institutions, according to a new study led by a research team ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Agricultural Industry, Agronomy, Diane Rowland, Doctorates, Higher Education, Study, Women

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