Southeast Cattle Advisor, a team of State Specialists and County Agents in Florida, Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina, will be providing two, lunch-time webinars to help cattle ranchers prepare for the upcoming breeding season. The two webinars will be held from 12:00-1:00 PM Eastern Time (11:00 Am – 12:00 Central) on Wednesday, December 11 …
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On Friday August 9, 2013, 13 Innovative Farmers and Ranchers were recognized by University of Florida IFAS Extension and Farm Credit of Northwest Florida at the Jackson County Agricultural Conference Center in Marianna. This is the third year these two organizations have teamed up to honor a selection of the most innovative farmers from …
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On November 1-2, 2013, the NW District Agriculture and Family and Consumer Science (FCS) Agents Program Implementation Teams collaborated to offer classes during the annual Beekeeping Tradeshow held in Chipley, Florida.
This third annual event was part of the Florida State Beekeepers Association yearly conference and had a total of 196 attendees for the entire …
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The use of cover crops is gaining popularity with conventional, sustainable, and organic growers. The number of research publications on this topic has sky-rocketed. There is a real opportunity for vegetable growers to benefit from cover crop techniques.
Cover crops are typically used to build soil fertility, while breaking pest cycles between cash crop rotations. …
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Forest Certification: Forests, Labels, Mills & More 2 dates and locations: December 11, 2013 9:00am to 3:00pm UF/IFAS Walton County Extension Office, DeFuniak Springs, FL January 9, 2014 9:00am to 3:00pm UF/IFAS Jackson County Extension Office, Marianna, FL
Voluntary participation in forest certification programs is growing in Southeastern United States. The …
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2013 Gadsden Tomato Forum December 5, 2013 North Florida Research & Education Center – Quincy, Florida
A.M. (All Times Eastern Time)
8:00    Registration & Coffee  Â
8:15Â Â Â Â Opening Remarks:
Dr. Pete Vergot III, Northwest District Extension Director, UF/IFAS, North Florida …
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Congratulations to Andy Andreasen on being selected as a 2013 recipient of the UF College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) Award of Distinction! The CALS Alumni and Friends Award of Distinction is presented to UF/CALS alumni or friends in recognition of their outstanding contributions to UF, IFAS, CALS and the agricultural, natural resource, …
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On Friday August 9, 2013, 13 Innovative Farmers and Ranchers were recognized by University of Florida IFAS Extension and Farm Credit of Northwest Florida at the Jackson County Agricultural Conference Center in Marianna. This is the third year these two organizations have teamed up to honor a selection of the most innovative …
Permanent link to this article: http://nwdistrict.ifas.ufl.edu/phag/2013/11/22/agricultural-innovator-holmes-county/
