Weekly Watermelon Update #1 – March 17

Weekly Watermelon Update #1 – March 17

Welcome to our first 2024 season’s weekly issue of our UF/IFAS Extension Suwannee Valley Watermelon Crop Update. These updates will be summarized by Bob Hochmuth, Regional Specialized Extension Agent- Vegetable Crops, with input from Suwannee Valley Extension Agents:...
Friday Featured:  1st U.S. Farmed Certified Beer

Friday Featured: 1st U.S. Farmed Certified Beer

On March 19, 2024, American Farmland Trust (AFT), a national nonprofit organization that focuses on protecting farmers and farm land in the U.S., launched a new U.S. Farmed certification and packaging seal for products that derive at least 95 percent of their...
USDA Releases 2022 Census of Agriculture Data

USDA Releases 2022 Census of Agriculture Data

Source: USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) announced, on  February 13, 2024, the results of the 2022 Census of Agriculture, spanning more than 6 million data...