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Florida Agriculture: Act on Investigations of Mexican Imported Strawberries & Peppers
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried offered formal comment to the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) on two ongoing investigations [...]
Florida: UF/IFAS Industrial Hemp virtual workshop available Jan. 11
By: Brad Buck, bradbuck@ufl.edu
The UF/IFAS Industrial Hemp Pilot Program is launching a virtual workshop with research and program updates, avail [...]
USDA Loan and Grant Opportunities in Florida and U.S. Virgin Islands
The funding is being provided through USDA’s Rural Energy for America Program (REAP), which was created under the 2008 Farm Bill and reauthorized und [...]
UF/IFAS Pasco Extension to Offer Free Tree Care Series
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. - Raise your tree knowledge while learning at home with free, online classes from the UF/IFAS Pasco County Cooperative Extension S [...]
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Granted Hurricane Sally Secretarial Disaster Declaration
The U.S. Department of Agriculture granted Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried’s request for a Secretarial disaster declaration for several [...]
UF/IFAS-Developed Blueberry App to Help Growers Battle Diseases and Pests
By: Brad Buck, bradbuck@ufl.edu,
A new University of Florida app will help the state’s blueberry growers identify and manage disease and insect in [...]
Florida Agriculture Commissioner to Governor “Keep Children Fed During COVID-19”
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried sent a second letter to the Governor reiterating her September 11 request that part of Florida’s federal [...]
What’s in Store for 2021? UF/IFAS Experts Predict Food and Garden Trends
By: Samantha Murray
No one could have predicted the kind of year 2020 has been. But in late 2019, when UF/IFAS experts were asked to predict the t [...]
27,000 Acres Gifted to the University of Florida for Conservation, Outdoor Classroom Labs
More than 27,000 rural acres near Yeehaw Junction in Florida’s southern Osceola County has been gifted to the University of Florida to protect one of [...]
Florida Forest Service-Lakeland, Take Nothing For Granted
LAKELAND, Fla. - Lou Shepherd, Sr. Forester- Even a pandemic cannot curtail the giving spirit and strengthening of Polk county communities. At least [...]