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A Plant For Mothers’ Day? UF/IFAS Scientists Breed Top Ornamentals
If you give mom a plant for Mother’s Day, you might appreciate the aroma and aesthetics of the flower you bought – and flora in general. You might ev [...]
Friends, Neighbors Help Influence Our Irrigation Decisions, UF Research Shows
Are you going to water your lawn today? It sounds like an innocuous question. But irrigation takes on a new context when you consider the potential o [...]
Artificial Intelligence Could Reduce The Amount Farmers Spray To Control Strawberry Pest
Artificial intelligence that might use smartphone images could lead to more accurate, early detection of a pest that ruins strawberries, a $300 milli [...]
Florida Gov. DeSantis Announces Major Milestone To Advance EAA Reservoir Project
Today, Governor Ron DeSantis was joined by Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Secretary Noah Valenstein and the South Florida Water [...]
AI May Help UF Researchers Identify Crop-Destroying Nematodes
Parasitic nematodes cause $125 billion in agricultural damage around the world each year, but University of Florida scientists hope to alleviat [...]
As Peach Harvest Begins, University Of Florida Scientists Find Rootstocks That Survive Flooding
By: Brad Buck
As you bite into a peach, remember farmers are harvesting the fruit this month and next in Florida.
Those growers and University [...]
Brush Fire Dangers in Polk County Persist
POLK COUNTY, Fla. - Despite weekend thunderstorms, the chances for significant brush fires in Polk County continues.
Polk’s firefighters were call [...]
Florida Specialty Crop Producers: Ag Tech Expo 2021 – The Future Of Farming
Specialty crop producers in Florida compete in the global marketplace, but they can no longer do so on the basis of low cost land or labor. Technolo [...]
Pasco County Commissioner Mike Moore To Host Food Distribution In Wesley Chapel Tuesday
WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. - Pasco County Commissioner Mike Moore is once again partnering with Farm Share for a community food distribution on April 13th a [...]
UF Scientists Identify The Potentially Invasive Tropical Clawed Frog
By: Brad Buck, bradbuck@ufl.edu
Does the thought of a frog fascinate you or freak you out? What if you imagined one with claws?
University of F [...]