Despite millions of dollars spent on eradication programs, Florida is once again battling Giant African Land Snails.
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7/8/22
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Mike Rowe’s How America Works pays tribute to some of the nation’s most vital industries while providing viewers...
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6/1/22
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Members of Florida’s independent, family-owned sugarcane and vegetable farmers are speaking out following political attacks
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5/18/22
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Following the launch of the new Unity Gardens Initiative by Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried ....
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5/6/22
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Florida citrus growers can learn more about the use of plant-growth regulators (PGRs) and how they can fight against fruit drop...
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By Ruth Hohl Borger
UF/IFAS | 4/8/22 |
March brings the start of Florida’s blueberry production, harvest and shipping season. The state’s blueberry industry has grown rapidly in the past 20 years.
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By Brad Buck
UF/IFAS | 4/2/22 |
Sometimes in science, a new perspective brings an “a ha!” moment. That’s what one senior researcher at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural...
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By Ruth Borger
UF/IFAS | 3/5/22 |
The Okeechobee Soil & Water Conservation District coordinated a three-county land judging contest on March 1 ...
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3/2/22
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Blueberry Bunch Farm reopens its U-Pick event Friday, March 4, at 2754 Howard Road in LaBelle from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
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By C. M. Schmidlkofer
Caloosa Belle | 2/28/22 |
U.S. Representative Greg Steube (R-Fla.) this week launched the Agriculture Advisory Committee in Florida’s 17th Congressional District. Ranchers and ...
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2/28/22
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CLEWISTON – After nearly three years of litigation, a lawsuit filed against sugar cane farmers over the preharvest burning of sugar cane fields has been dismissed.
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By Katrina Elsken
Lake Okeechobee News | 2/26/22 |
Tomatoes are big business in Florida, the nation’s top producer of the popular fruit, but an insect no bigger than a grain...
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By Kirsten Romaguera
UF/IFAS | 2/25/22 |
Finger limes, a unique citrus variety gaining interest among chefs, foodies and citrus growers ...
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2/18/22
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Samira Daroub has been named director of the UF/IFAS Everglades Research & Education Center...
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By Lourdes Mederos
UF/IFAS | 2/17/22 |
LaBelle High SchoolAgriscience students were able to visit the LaBelle Youth Livestock Show at the LaBelle Fairgrounds.
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2/17/22
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The people of U.S. Sugar today recognized two growers ...
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2/16/22
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This century, food producers will face a complex challenge: grow enough food to help billions more people get the nutrition they nee ...
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By Samantha Murray
UF/IFAS
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2/11/22
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Can a computer “taste” a tomato or a blueberry? Well, not exactly, but it can tell scientists which volatiles in these fruits make them taste good...
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By Brad Buck
UF/IFAS | 2/10/22 |
With a device they can make on their own for only $159, arborists can for the most part accurately assess ...
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By Brad Buck
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Think of the 27-expert, nine-country survey team as tree epidemiologists, looking for the next “tree pandemic” ...
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By Kirsten Romaguera
UF/IFAS | 2/7/22 |