Tag: Economic Impact Analysis Program

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

Upcoming Virtual Q&A on Florida’s Food System and COVID-19 | Initial Impressions

by Kirsten Romaguera Rabin
December 3, 2020

WHAT: A question-and-answer session with University of Florida and Florida Gulf Coast University researchers who are investigating the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Florida’s agriculture and food system industries. The interactive portion ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, EVENTS, SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: Catherine Campbell, Christa Court, Covid-19, David Outerbridge, Economic Impact Analysis Program, Jennifer Hagen

Economists estimate $55-100M hit to Florida agriculture due to Hurricane Sally

by Kirsten Romaguera Rabin
September 24, 2020

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The combination of crops, livestock and aquaculture products lost as a result of Hurricane Sally will likely be valued between $55 million and $100 million, University of Florida economists predict. The estimate was ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Agriculture, Christa Court, Economic Impact Analysis Program, Food And Resource Economics, Hurricane, Hurricane Recovery, Hurricane Sally, Panhandle

At stake in Sally’s wake: $400 million in Florida Panhandle agricultural products

by Kirsten Romaguera Rabin
September 18, 2020

As slow-moving Hurricane Sally approached the Gulf Coast – eventually making landfall as a category 2 storm near Gulf Shores, Alabama, early Wednesday morning – its bands enveloped most of the Florida Panhandle. But like the rest of the ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS
Tags: Agriculture, Christa Court, Economic Impact Analysis Program, Food And Resource Economics, Hurricane, Hurricane Recovery, Hurricane Sally, Panhandle

Response requested from ag and marine industry professionals for new round of surveys on pandemic effects

by Kirsten Romaguera Rabin
August 21, 2020

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- University of Florida researchers have opened the second round of surveys on COVID-19’s impact on the state’s agriculture and marine industries, intended to capture changes in operations for the first half of the year. The ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Coasts & Marine, Recreation, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Research, Water
Tags: Agricultural Economics, Andrew Ropicki, Aquaculture, Charter Boats, Christa Court, Commercial Fishing, Coronavirus, Covid-19, COVID19, Economic Impact, Economic Impact Analysis Program, Food And Resource Economics Department, John Lai, Marine Industries, Marine Recreation, Seafood, Survey

Florida’s agriculture, marine industries report effects of COVID-19 restrictions

by Kirsten Romaguera Rabin
May 18, 2020

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- University of Florida economists now have a baseline understanding of ways the pandemic has affected the agriculture, aquaculture and marine sectors of Florida’s economy. According to Christa Court, who led a monthlong ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Coasts & Marine, Disaster Preparation, Horticulture, Livestock, NATURAL RESOURCES, Recreation, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Agribusiness, Andrew Ropicki, Christa Court, Covid-19, Damage Assessment, Economic Impact, Economic Impact Analysis Program, John Lai, Pandemic

UF researchers to investigate socioeconomic impacts of algal blooms

by Kirsten Romaguera Rabin
May 11, 2020

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The University of Florida is among the awardees of a grant that aims to discover the aftermath, both socially and economically, of Florida’s prolonged red tide event of 2017-19. The Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Research, Water
Tags: Christa Court, Economic Impact Analysis Program, Food And Resource Economics Department, Gulf Of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System, Harmful Algal Blooms, NOAA, Red Tide

Preliminary reports in COVID-19 impact survey show effects vary by industry

by Kirsten Romaguera Rabin
May 4, 2020

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- As University of Florida economists cross the halfway point in their surveys of Florida’s agriculture and marine industries related to the impacts of COVID-19, initial reports indicate that impacts vary widely across ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Coasts & Marine, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, Water
Tags: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Andrew Ropicki, Aquaculture, Christa Court, Covid-19, Damage Assessment, Economic Impact Analysis Program, John Lai, Marine Industries

UF surveys to identify impact of pandemic on Florida’s agriculture and marine industries

by Kirsten Romaguera Rabin
April 16, 2020

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- With agriculture and marine industries occupying a large portion of Florida’s economy, the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) wants to better understand how measures to mitigate ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Coasts & Marine, Disaster Preparation, Recreation, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Research, Water
Tags: Agricultural Economics, Andrew Ropicki, Aquaculture, Charter Boats, Christa Court, Commercial Fishing, Coronavirus, Covid-19, COVID19, Economic Impact, Economic Impact Analysis Program, Food And Resource Economics Department, John Lai, Marine Industries, Marine Recreation, Seafood, Survey

UF/IFAS Economist: Hurricane Dorian’s Impact on Florida Agriculture Was Minimal

by Tom Nordlie
September 5, 2019

One day after Hurricane Dorian crept past Florida’s Atlantic coast, impacts to the state’s agricultural and natural resources-based industries appear to be minimal, according to an economist with the University of Florida Institute of Food ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Disaster Preparation
Tags: Christa Court, Citrus Research And Education Center, Economic Impact Analysis Program, Food Resource Economics, Hurricane Dorian, Karen Stauderman, Michael Rogers, News, Volusia County

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