Category: Florida Agriculture

Owning a greenhouse offers you a gateway to a constant supply of top-notch, crisp vegetables throughout every season. The joy of nurturing your herbs even in the chill of is truly gratifying. Robust veggies like cabbage thrive in harsh winter, yet delicate ones like lettuce…

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Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson and Brevard Sheriff Wayne Ivey held a press conference Friday in Titusville, Florida, to stress the importance of parents’ and caregivers’ role in preventing vehicular heatstroke fatalities. Florida currently leads the nation in child vehicular heatstroke fatalities. To further…

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Alico, Inc., a major Florida citrus grower, saw its harvest decrease about 51 percent during the recently completed season, after Hurricane Ian hammered the industry, according to a U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission filing this week. The filing said the Fort Myers-based company harvested about…

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The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences is gearing up to build a new Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence that would bolster the use of artificial intelligence in agriculture. The facility is planned to be built in Wimauma, a rural area in…

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The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services said Tuesday that a week-long inspection sweep of businesses uncovered 68,689 packages of hemp-extract products – some with euphoric, high-potency THC – marketed toward children. The sweep, dubbed “Operation Kandy Krush,” was conducted at 475 businesses in…

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Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson and the Florida Forest Service announced Thursday $2.8 million is now available to landowners through the Florida’s Future Forests Program. In its third year, the program offers landowners cost-share payments to help increase the acreage of Florida’s healthy forests, which provide…

Read More Ag Commissioner Announces Nearly $3 Million Available In Florida’s Future Forests Program

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.- The Kissimmee Valley Foresters, Inc., along with the St. Petersburg Parks & Recreation Department, are conducting a prescribed fire at Boyd Hill Nature Preserve on Tuesday, July 18, at 10:30 a.m. This burn will be conducted in units 20, 21, 21a, 23b,…

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Numbers released Wednesday confirmed that Florida’s 2022-2023 citrus season was the worst in nearly a century, as growers tried to recover from an early-season hurricane that exacerbated industry struggles. The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday issued a final report that showed a huge dropoff…

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People aren’t the only ones stressed by heat waves. For many plants, higher-than-anticipated temperatures can lead to water loss, wilted foliage, and unsuccessful pollination. University of Florida scientists are investigating how to improve plant resiliency to high temperatures. Kevin Begcy, assistant professor in the UF/IFAS…

Read More New Research Looks To Pollen For Plant Heat Stress Resilience In Florida

As the Fourth of July holiday approaches, Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson and the Florida Forest Service are encouraging Floridians to use caution with fire and fireworks while celebrating. Since the first of this year, 1,889 wildfires have burned more than 85,000 acres throughout Florida. “With…

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