by Doug Mayo | Jan 29, 2016
A Florida farmer had a very embarrassing moment at the country church where his wife had grown up, in the next county over. He was recovering from a very serious motorcycle injury. The farmer had kept his injuries a secret from his in-laws, because his father-in-law...
by Judy Biss | Jan 22, 2016
It won’t be long until row crops and vegetable gardens are planted and thriving once again next spring. A sometimes taken for granted, yet critical element of any prosperous crop is successful pollination. Most of us know what “text book” pollination means, but did...
by Peter C. Andersen | Jan 22, 2016
USDA Acreage Estimates of Deciduous Fruit and Nut Crops in Florida for 2002 and 2012 Peter C. Andersen and Kevin R. Athearn Every 10 years USDA conducts a survey by county of the acreage of agricultural commodities for each state. Data for fruit and nut crops for 2002...
by Doug Mayo | Jan 22, 2016
Sometimes it takes time to find a winning formula. That’s how it was with First Step+ 10, according to Joshua Gurtler, an Agricultural Research Service scientist at the Eastern Regional Research Center, in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania. Gurtler and his collaborators at...
by Doug Mayo | Jan 22, 2016
Ever get frustrated searching for information on agricultural topics? Typically a Google search provides links to commercial sites, advertisements, and all sorts of websites that don’t have what you are searching for. While the University of Florida’s...
