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UF/IFAS crop contest promotes innovation by removing risk


November 12, 2024

A 2022 USDA survey of American farms categorized 69% as “high risk,” meaning they operated with a profit margin below 10%. “Farming is a risky business,” said Kevin Athearn, UF/IFAS regional specialized agent for rural and agribusiness ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, UF/IFAS
Tags: Billy Browning, Competition, Corn, Cotton, Farming, Florida Stakeholder Engagement Program, Hardeep Singh, IFAS, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sceinces, Jay, Kevin Athearn, Live Oak, Megan Winslow, NFREC-SV, North Florida Research & Education Center – Suwannee Valley, Risk, STEP, UF, UF/IFAS, University Of Florida, Vivek Sharma, West Florida Research And Education Center
Prescribed fire at the Ordway-Swisher Biological Station

Study: Wildfire spread risk increases where trees, shrubs replace grasses


May 18, 2023

A wildfire modeling study found that the risk of spot fires, where lofted sparks ignite foliage or buildings, increases in places where woody plants like shrubs and trees replace herbaceous plants like grasses. Prescribed burning ... READ MORE

Category: Forests, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Forest Management, Grassland, Prescribed Fire, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, Spot Fires, Victoria Donovan, West Florida Research And Education Center, WFREC, Wildfire, Wildfires
Marigolds.

2023 Spring Festival of Flowers


February 6, 2023

  The 2023 Spring Festival of Flowers kicks off March 31 at the shared campus of the UF/IFAS West Florida Research and Education Center (WFREC) and Pensacola State College in Milton. The weekend-long event draws visitors from near and ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Home Landscapes, UF/IFAS
Tags: Community Events, Event, Free Event, Milton, Pensacola State College, Spring Festival Of Flowers, West Florida Research And Education Center, WFREC

UF/IFAS research gives back food year-round


November 15, 2022

UF/IFAS research and education centers (RECs) grow fruits and vegetables all across Florida to develop growing techniques and cultivars that benefit farmers. These centers are spread from Jay in the Panhandle to Homestead in Southeast Florida. So, ... READ MORE

Category: Crops, UF/IFAS
Tags: Alan And Cathy Hitchcock Field And Fork Pantry, Crops, Field And Fork Gardens, Food, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Hastings Agricultural Extension Center, North Florida Research And Education Center-Suwannee Valley, Plant Science Research And Education Unit, Research And Education Centers, West Florida Research And Education Center

Longleaf pine seedlings are highly resistant and resilient to fire


October 28, 2021

Longleaf pine forests once dominated the southeastern Coastal Plain, but only 3% of this forest type remains today. Restoring longleaf pine forests is an important regional management goal. Two ways land managers restore the ecology of this ... READ MORE

Category: Forests, Natural Resources
Tags: Forest Management, Longleaf Pine, Prescribed Fire, ProForest, West Florida Research And Education Center

Longleaf pine seedlings are highly resistant and resilient to fire  


October 28, 2021

Longleaf pine forests once dominated the southeastern Coastal Plain, but only 3% of this forest type remains today. Restoring longleaf pine forests is an important regional management goal. Two ways land managers restore the ecology ... READ MORE

Category: Forests, Natural Resources
Tags: Forest Management, Longleaf Pine, Prescribed Fire, ProForest, West Florida Research And Education Center

Up your lawn game with tips from UF/IFAS experts


April 7, 2021

“Gardening in the Panhandle LIVE!” returns in 2021, and the next episode covers lawns. The next event is live on April 8 at 1 p.m. Eastern, noon Central. Recordings are posted afterward at tinyurl.com/GardeningLive. Zoom requires ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Home Landscapes, Lawn, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Bryan Unruh, Gardening In The Panhandle, Julie McConnell, Larry Williams, Lawn Care, Lawns, Leon County, Mark Tancig, Okaloosa County, Pat Williams, UF/IFAS Extension Northwest District, Virtual Learning, Wakulla County, West Florida Research And Education Center
Fl-storm-season

Hurricane Sally: UF/IFAS research plots destroyed; 4-H Camp Timpoochee loses sea wall


September 25, 2020

Hurricane Sally damaged several UF/IFAS facilities and research sites in the Florida Panhandle last week. The teaching, research and outreach activities at these locations support the region’s agricultural and natural resources industries, ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Camp, Crops, Disaster Preparation, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Camp Timpoochee, Escambia County, Hurricane Michael, Hurricane Sally, Jeanna Mastrodicasa, News, North Florida Research And Education Center, Pete Vergot, UF/IFAS Extension Northwest District, Washington County, West Florida Research And Education Center

UF among coalition of researchers tackling sustainable agriculture


January 30, 2020

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Agriculture’s grand challenge of feeding the world’s growing population while protecting the environment recently got a big boost. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Agriculture, Carlene Chase, Cover Crops, Danielle Treadwell, Family, Horticultural Sciences, Horticultural Sciences Department, Horticulture, Michael Mulvaney, Mickie Swisher, Plant Science Research And Education Unit, Research, Sustainable, Sustainable Agriculture, West Florida Research And Education Center, Youth And Community Sciences