by Danielle S. Williams | Jun 17, 2019
Callie Walker, FDACS Chief Bureau of Pest Eradication and Control and Danielle Sprague, UF/IFAS Jefferson County The Citrus Health Response Program, “CHRP,” is pleased to announce the opening of a new office at the UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center...
by Danielle S. Williams | Apr 26, 2019
This year’s Citrus Health Forum took place on Thursday, April 18, 2019 at the UF/IFAS NFREC in Quincy, Florida. Specialists from the University of Florida and the USDA provided growers from across the region with information about current citrus production practices...
by Peter C. Andersen | Mar 29, 2019
The relatively mild winter temperatures during the two last decades have led to a resurgence of interest in cold hardy citrus in North Florida. The Satsuma is the most cold-hardy commercial citrus, and they account for most of the new commercial citrus acreage in the...
by Danielle S. Williams | Jan 18, 2019
For decades, humans have relied on dogs to detect explosives, illegal drugs, lost people and wildlife. More recently, they have been used to detect pests such as termites, bedbugs and agricultural insect pests. Now, we can add agricultural diseases to the list....
by Doug Mayo | Jan 11, 2019
Source: Pollination Network Pollination Network, a mobile app that helps local farmers and growers find bees and beekeepers, launched this week in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. The app helps beekeepers to find jobs with nearby growers, and it allows...
by Russ Mizell | Sep 14, 2018
Russ Mizell and Xavior Martini, UF/IFAS Entomologists, NFREC, Quincy Citrus production in North Florida is expanding rapidly in response to the devastation of citrus in Central and South Florida due to citrus greening disease. Citrus acreage in southern Georgia is...
