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UF/IFAS names new director of Mid-Florida Research and Education Center

by Tory Moore
April 21, 2023

UF/IFAS professor Kirsten Pelz-Stelinski will begin her role as director of the UF/IFAS Mid-Florida Research and Education Center on August 1. As director, Pelz-Stelinski will lead faculty, staff and students at the Apopka research center. ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Director, Leadership, Mid-Florida Research And Education Center, MREC, UF/IFAS Mid-Florida Research And Education Center

Professor/farmer named director of Southwest Florida REC

by Brad Buck
May 18, 2022

Michael Burton spends the academic year teaching and conducting research in agronomy at Missouri State University. In the summer, he runs the family farm just outside Springfield, Missouri. You could say he practices what he preaches. “On ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Agronomy, Citrus, Director, Diseases, Entomology And Nematology, Family Farm, Farms, J. Scott Angle, Michael Burton, Missouri State University, Pests, Plant Pathology, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center

UF/IFAS names new director for Range Cattle Research and Education Center

by Brad Buck
April 21, 2020

ONA, Fla. --- As a child working and living on the family farm, Brent Sellers took on the nickname, “Weedhopper,” because an acquaintance said he was always jumping around in the weeds. “Who knew at age 5 or 6 that I would work as a ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Livestock, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: Agronomy, Brent Sellers, Cattlemen, Cattlewomen, Director, Jack Payne, Range Cattle Research And Education Center, Weed Science

Kelly Morgan Named New Director of UF/IFAS Southwest Florida Research and Education Center

by BLOGS.IFAS
June 20, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – As Best Management Practices Coordinator for the state, Kelly Morgan has spent years helping growers find optimum ways to irrigate and fertilize their crops to maximize results. Now, he will get the chance to coordinate ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Invasive Species, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Director, News, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, UF/IFAS

Acclaimed cattle nutrition expert named director of UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center

by BLOGS.IFAS
April 11, 2018

QUINCY, Fla. – When Glen Aiken wasn’t helping his grandfather wrangle cattle in the smothering Texas heat, he was traveling with his father to meat packing houses across the region. “I swear I visited every meat packing plant between Oklahoma ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, Farm Management, Horticulture, Livestock, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: CALS, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Director, IFAS, Livestock, News, North Florida Research And Education Center

Veteran biologist named director of UF/IFAS entomology lab

by Brad Buck
April 7, 2016

Jorge Rey GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Just as the Zika virus is causing concern worldwide, a University of Florida insect specialist with 36 years of experience at the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory has been named the lab’s new director. Professor ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Chikungunya, Dengue, Director, Entomology And Nematology, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, Zika

Sugarcane expert Rob Gilbert named director of UF Everglades research center

by Tom Nordlie
March 6, 2012

Click here for high resolution image. Sugarcane expert Rob Gilbert has been appointed director of the University of Florida’s Everglades Research and Education Center in Belle Glade by Jack Payne, UF senior vice president for agriculture ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, UF/IFAS
Tags: Center, Director, Everglades, Everglades Research And Education Center, Gilbert, Muck, Sugarcane, Vegetables

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