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Florida Farm Bill 2025: Ag Commissioner Takes Aim At ESG Lending Discrimination To Protect Farmers And Ranchers
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson (File)
Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson unveiled sweeping proposals under the 20 [...]
AI Technology Uses Less Herbicide To Kill Weeds
A plant grows out of the plastic mulch at the Gulf Coast Research and Education Center. “Courtesy, Nathan Boyd, UF/IFAS.”
Vegetable growers use h [...]
Behind The Scenes: How UF/IFAS Risk Assessments Sustain Florida’s $191M Aquaculture Industry
UF/IFAS professor Jeffrey Hill and master’s degree student, Meghan Eaton, are measuring water temperature as part of a risk assessment. (UF/IFAS)
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University Of Florida Researchers Develop New Model To Predict Invasive Species Spread
Argentine black and white tegu – one of the invasive reptiles in the study. Courtesy Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Science tel [...]
Florida’s Citrus Industry Faces Further Decline As Production Forecast Drops Again
Florida Citrus (TFP File Photo)
Florida’s struggling citrus industry received another blow on Tuesday as the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) [...]
Trust In Scientific Experts Key To Public Support For AI In Agriculture, UF/IFAS Study Finds
Kale grows under artificial lighting inside a “Smart Garden,” a modified shipping container at the UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Cente [...]
UF/IFAS Researchers Partner With Mars To Combat Cacao Disease
: A UF/IFAS researcher inoculates a cacao pod with a Phytophthora species. (Courtesy of Mariana Herrera Corzo)
As you nibble on a chocolate truffl [...]
Cracking The Burmese Python Code: New Data Zeroes In On Game-Changing Strategies
Megan Angelis and Kyle Findley (By Kevin Pavlidis)
In a groundbreaking study, University of Florida scientists statistically analyzed large amount [...]
Citizen Science And Why It Matters, UF/IFAS Experts Explain
Bioblitz plant species identification event (Tyler Jones, UF/IFAS Photography)
Have you ever noticed unusual plants, animals or insects in your ar [...]
Savor The Flavor, Pack In Some Nutrition This Florida Strawberry Season
Hands holding strawberries. Courtesy, UF/IFAS photography
You can taste them now – sweet, succulent strawberries. February and March mark the peak [...]