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UF/IFAS report: Florida’s ag, natural resources industries strengthened post-recession

by Tom Nordlie
December 13, 2017

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- New financial figures from Florida’s agricultural and natural resources sector show that the state’s economy continues to rebound from the Great Recession of 2007-2009. In calendar year 2015, Florida’s agricultural, ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, AGRICULTURE, Crops, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Court, Economy, Food And Resource Economics, FRED, Hodges, Rahmani, Report, Statewide

Local food makes up 20 percent of Florida’s eat-at-home market, UF study shows

by Tom Nordlie
April 1, 2013

Baskets of okra offered for sale at a farmers' market. UF/IFAS photo by Tyler L. Jones GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Floridians are buying more food grown locally or regionally and retail sales are higher here than in other states, according to a ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Economics, Farmers' Markets, Hodges, Irani, Local Food, PIE Center

Citrus greening costs $3.63 billion in lost revenues and 6,611 jobs, new UF study shows

by Tom Nordlie
January 24, 2012

Since 2006, the bacterial disease citrus greening has cost Florida’s economy an estimated $3.63 billion in lost revenues and 6,611 jobs by reducing orange juice production, according to a new study from the University of Florida’s Institute ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease
Tags: Citrus, Economics, Greening, Hlb, Hodges, Juice, Oranges, Spreen

Florida’s economy could benefit from biomass for electricity, UF researcher says

by Tom Nordlie
August 11, 2010

Cutline at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Consumers know that buying locally produced food stimulates the local economy, and a University of Florida researcher says the same idea applies when power plants ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops
Tags: Biomass, Electricity, Hodges, Legislature, Timber, Wood

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