Category: Farm Management

May 2025 First Friday with Florida First Detector

by Morgan Pinkerton
May 5, 2025

Recap of May 2025 First Friday with Florida First Detector In May, we continued our talks about wood-boring insects. This time, we focused on bark beetles. These are small beetles in the insect family called Curculionidae. Some bark beetles ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Conservation, Crops, Farm Management, Forests, HOME LANDSCAPES, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Livestock, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Extension,
Tags: Avocadoes, Bark Beetles, Biosecurity, Early Detection, FFD24-25, FloridaFirstDetector, Forestry, SeminoleCountyAg, Trees

November 2024 First Friday with Florida First Detector

by Morgan Pinkerton
November 4, 2024

Recap of November 2024 First Friday with Florida First Detector This month we talked all about fruit flies! We focused on true fruit flies in the family Tephritidae. Florida has quite the history with non-native fruit flies. We have a few that ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, Farm Management, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, HOME LANDSCAPES, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Biosecurity, Citrus, Early Detection, FFD24-25, FloridaFirstDetector, Fruit, Fruit Flies, Invasive Species, Sample Submission

June 2024 First Friday with Florida First Detector

by Morgan Pinkerton
June 10, 2024

Recap of June 2024 First Friday with Florida First Detector In June, we dove into the basics of nematodes. Nematodes are all around the word, many are free living and some are parasitic on plants and animals. On plants, their damage can look ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, Farm Management, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, HOME LANDSCAPES, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Lawn, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Biosecurity, Early Detection, FFD23-24, FloridaFirstDetector, Invasive Species, Nematodes, Roundworms

First Fridays with Florida First Detector, Back again Sept 2023-2024!

by Morgan Pinkerton
July 17, 2023

What is Florida First Detector? Florida First Detector is a multiagency educational effort focused on enhancing the early detection of invasive pests that threaten agriculture, nursery industries, and natural areas. We offer in-person and ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, AGRICULTURE, Crops, Farm Management, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, Fruits & Vegetables, HOME LANDSCAPES, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Lawn, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching,
Tags: Biosecurity, FFD23-24, Florida First Detector, Invasive Species, Plant Protection, SeminoleCountyAg

July First Friday with Florida First Detector

by Morgan Pinkerton
July 11, 2023

Recap of July First Friday with Florida First Detector In July's First Friday with Florida First Detector, we talked about invasive caterpillars that feed on vegetable crops. Florida's agriculture industry is home to a wide variety of high ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, Farm Management, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, HOME LANDSCAPES, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Biosecurity, Early Detetction, FFD22-23, FloridaFirstDetector, Invasive Species, SeminoleCountyAg

April First Friday with Florida First Detector

by Morgan Pinkerton
April 10, 2023

Recap of April First Friday with Florida First Detector In April, we started to learn about wood boring insects. Some of the most common types of wood boring insects are beetles with many species in the families Buprestidae, Cerambycidae, and ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, AGRICULTURE, Crops, Farm Management, Forests, HOME LANDSCAPES, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Biosecurity, Early Detection, Emerald Ash Borer, FFD22-23, FloridaFirstDetetcor, Invasive Species, Longhorned Beetles, SeminoleCountyAg

A Recap of the 2023 Seminole County Farm Tour

by Morgan Pinkerton
March 28, 2023

What was the 2023 Seminole County Farm Tour? On the morning of Friday, March 24, 2023, we embarked on our journey of learning about local agriculture and food systems. Two busses started at the UF/IFAS Seminole County Extension Office and then ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Events, Farm Management, Fruits & Vegetables, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, , WORK & LIFE
Tags: Farm Tour, Food Systems, FoodisOurMiddleName, Fresh Form Florida, SeminoleCountyAg, Think Local

March First Friday with Florida First Detector

by Morgan Pinkerton
March 6, 2023

Recap of March First Friday with Florida First Detector In March, we dove into the topic of invasive species on palm trees. From our landscapes to our natural areas, palms are a huge part of what makes Florida, uniquely Florida! In this month's ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, AGRICULTURE, Crops, Farm Management, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, HOME LANDSCAPES, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Lawn, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Biosecurity, Early Detection, FFD22-23, FloridaFirstDetector, Invasive Species, Palms, Seminole County Ag, SeminoleCountyAg

February First Friday with Florida First Detector

by Morgan Pinkerton
February 6, 2023

Recap of February First Friday with Florida First Detector In February, we talked about Invasive Scale Insects and covered identification of species commonly found in Florida and a few that were recently detected in Florida. Scale insects ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, AGRICULTURE, Crops, Farm Management, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, HOME LANDSCAPES, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Lawn, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Biosecurity, Early Detection, FFD22-23, FloridaFirstDetector, Hemiptera, Insects, Invasive Species, Ornamental Plants, Palm Pests, Pests, Scale Insects, SeminoleCountyAg

January First Friday with Florida First Detector

by Morgan Pinkerton
January 9, 2023

Recap of January First Friday with Florida First Detector In January, we talked all about stink bugs and other hemipteran insects. We focused on invasive insects in the subfamily Heteroptera. The subfamily Heteroptera includes not just ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, AGRICULTURE, Crops, Farm Management, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, Fruits & Vegetables, HOME LANDSCAPES, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Biosecurity, Early Detection, FFD22-23, FloridaFirstDetector, Hemiptera, Insects, Invasive Species, SeminoleCountyAg, Spotted Lantern Fly, Stink Bugs

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