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4-H & Youth ABE Program Bolsters Farmers’ Abilities
To a casual driver on a country back road, a broken farm fence may look like a quaint aberration on a passing landscape. To a Central Florida farmer with 150 cattle to move between pastures, a broken fence is a costly problem and a daily liability. After Hurricane Ian, one such farmer, already battling stage- four cancer, found himself unable to make the repair. “Once a fence is breached - there’s no more rotational grazing, there’s no Read More
AgribusinessHow Florida’s changing weather impacts tropical, subtropical fruit crops in your landscape
Do you ever wonder how things like temperature changes, overly wet soils or salty irrigation water affect your fruit trees at home? University of Florida scientists at the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) have those answers. A newly released UF/IFAS publication offers science-based insights to help all Floridians, whether you are a backyard grower or commercial producer, understand the environmental factors that Read More
