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Economists estimate up to $1.56 billion hit to Florida agriculture due to Hurricane Ian

by Kirsten Romaguera Rabin
October 18, 2022

Para acceder a esta comunicación en español, por favor utilice este enlace. The combination of seasonal crops, livestock, nursery and aquaculture products potentially lost as a result of category 4 Hurricane Ian will likely be valued between ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Agriculture, Christa Court, Economic Impact Analysis Program, Food And Resource Economics, FRED, Hurricane Ian, Hurricane Recovery, Survey

UF study: Fully recyclable packaging makes consumers feel better about meal kits

by Brad Buck
October 6, 2021

Meal kits are growing in popularity, with national sales predicted to increase from $4.6 billion in 2017 to $11.6 billion in 2022. Such kits include pre-cut raw foods and recipe cards to prepare a home-cooked meal, but they come with packaging ... READ MORE

Category: WORK & LIFE
Tags: Consumer Preferences, Consumers, Eat Healthy, Food And Resource Economics, Grocery Store, Lisa House, Meal Kits, Online, Packaging, Pandemic, Pre-cut, Sungeun Yoon, Survey, Waste, Zhifeng Gao

Florida blueberry growers part of national survey on pollinator use

by Brad Buck
July 22, 2021

It’s National Blueberry Month, a time to savor the fruit’s flavor, reap its health benefits -- including fiber and vitamins C and K -- and appreciate how it grows. For example, most blueberry farmers use pollinators, such as bees, to help ... READ MORE

Category: Crops, Farm Management
Tags: Blueberries, Bumble Bees, Doug Phillips, Entomology, Growers, Honeybees, Pollinators, Rachel Mallinger, Survey, Usda

UF project hopes to ‘certify’ appropriate plants as wildlife-friendly

by Brad Buck
June 17, 2021

Increasingly, consumers want plants that support wildlife, such as pollinators. That’s why UF/IFAS researchers are combining hard and social sciences to ensure you get the “certifiably” wildlife-friendly plants you seek. That’s right: ... READ MORE

Category: NATURAL RESOURCES, Wildlife
Tags: Agricultural Education And Communication, Certification, Consumers, Entomology And Nematology, Florida Museum Of Natural History, Growers, Jaret Daniels, Laura Warner, Pesticides, Plants, Pollinators, Survey, Wildlife, Wildlife-friendly

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

Most Americans’ CARES Act stimulus checks went to basic needs, UF economists find

by Kirsten Romaguera Rabin
December 9, 2020

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Although direct payments to Americans have been utilized during previous economically challenging times – the last as part of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 – never before had the world looked as it had in the spring ... READ MORE

Category: Home Management, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Research, WORK & LIFE
Tags: CARES Act, Covid-19, COVID19, Food And Resource Economics, Food And Resource Economics Department, John Lai, Money, Research, Stephen Morgan, Survey

UF survey requests citrus grower input to help set research directions

by BLOGS.IFAS
December 8, 2020

By RUTH BORGER LAKE ALFRED, Fla. --- University of Florida entomologist Lauren Diepenbrock is looking to the future of her research program and needs citrus industry professionals to help her see a clear picture. Since arriving at ... READ MORE

Category: SFYL Hot Topic
Tags: Citrus, Citrus Greening Disease, Citrus Research, Citrus Research And Education Center, Entomology And Nematology, Growers, Integrated Pest Management, Lauren Diepenbrock, Survey

UF/IFAS wants to hear from those impacted by the red tide of 2017-2019

by Brad Buck
September 3, 2020

University of Florida researchers want to hear from marine businesses impacted by the 2018 red tide event that occurred between October of 2017 and January of 2019. Respondents will have until September 25 to complete the appropriate online ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, NATURAL RESOURCES
Tags: 2018, Andrew Ropicki, Boating, Charter Boats, Christa Court, Fishing, Florida Sea Grant, Food And Resource Economics Department, Lisa Krimsky, Marine Industries, Red Tide, Survey

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

Survey: Florida’s Extension professionals feel prepared to serve as ‘information first responders’ during COVID-19

by Kirsten Romaguera Rabin
August 19, 2020

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Extension professionals have a unique role in their communities and are often trusted to communicate scientific information. A recent survey revealed that Florida’s Extension network is well-equipped to inform their communities ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Agricultural Education And Communication, Covid-19, COVID19, Extension Professionals, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Nick Place, Sebastian Galindo, Southeastern Coastal Center For Agricultural Health And Safety, Survey, UF/IFAS Extension

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