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The troubled Florida citrus industry received a little sunshine Thursday, but the amount of fruit produced this growing season remains far below average and expectations. The U.S. Department of Agriculture released updated estimates that showed growers are on pace to produce just over 5 percent…
Read More Florida Citrus Forecast Gets Boost In Down Year
Strawberry farmers worldwide may get help from new University of Florida research that shows a way to battle one of the fruit’s fiercest foes. The key: combine genomic data with phenomics. The genome amounts to all the DNA in an organism. Phenomics is the study…
Read More Strawberry Growers Globally Could Benefit From UF/IFAS Research Into Dangerous Disease
Several years ago, farmers asked University of Florida scientists to help them produce blackberries as part of an effort to test whether so-called “alternative” crops could grow in the Sunshine State. For alternative crops, think hops, blackberries, pomegranates, and others. Researchers aim to supplement producers…
Read More Tour A Florida Orchard As Part Of Inaugural UF/IFAS Blackberry Growing Conference May 25
Nominations are now open for American Farm Bureau’s Farm Dog of the Year Contest. The contest honors farm dogs for their loyalty and support to farmers and ranchers working to produce our nation’s food supply. The 2023 Farm Bureau Farm Dog of the Year contest…
Read More Nominations Open For 2023 Florida Farm Bureau Farm Dog Of The Year Contest
When handed lemons, the old saying goes, make lemonade. When it comes to Florida’s beleaguered citrus industry, when nature hands you a bad crop, make cereal. Wednesday is National Orange Juice Day, and just in time for the celebration, Bradenton-based Tropicana introduced Tropicana Crunch, billed…
Read More Florida Orange Juice Maker Seeks To Boost Sales With New Cereal Made For OJ, Not Milk
As Mother’s Day quickly approaches, you can make mom feel special in any number of ways: Some of your options include fixing her breakfast, taking her out for dinner, and/or buying her flowers or a plant. Mother’s Day is May 8, and flora make for…
Read More Florida Say “Happy Mother’s Day” With A Plant – Maybe Even One Bred By UF/IFAS
Florida blueberry season is in full swing from the beginning of March through early May. With approximately 20 million pounds of blueberries being produced this year, farmers are kept busy with production, harvesting, and shipping. Over the past 20 years, the state’s blueberry industry has…
Read More What To Expect This Florida Blueberry Season
Through a first-of-its-kind survey, UF/IFAS has shown that tropical fish farmers bring over $172 million in sales to Florida’s economy. The $172 million reflects the sales of fish by members of the Florida Tropical Fish Farmers Association (FTFFA) in 2021. That includes direct sales to…
Read More UF Survey: Florida Tropical Fish Farmers Bring State $175 Million In Sales
Florida’s struggling citrus industry continues to see a decline in the crop for the current growing season, with the harvest on track for the lowest yield since before World War II. With the latest sign of trouble for the industry attributed to a recent cold…
Read More Florida Citrus Crop Forecast Continues To Sour
A woman in Florida pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a federal racketeering conspiracy that victimized Mexican agricultural workers admitted into the United States under the H-2A temporary visa program. According to the plea agreement, Christina Gamez, 43, from March 2016 through August 2017, while working…
Read More Florida Woman Pleads Guilty In Multi-State Racketeering Conspiracy, Forced Labor Of Mexican Ag H-2A Workers
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