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Hurricane season is here, and it’s important to be prepared to minimize stress and make sure everyone stays safe. Developing a plan in advance will help eliminate split-second decision-making and hopefully avoid making mistakes or forgetting something.  Here are some important things to remember for each part of the storm and some tips to keep […]

Continuing our look at varieties of grazing stock, this month we examine a relative newcomer – a Bahia cultivar known as Tifton-9. Tifton-9 Pensacola Bahiagrass is a variant of Pensacola Bahia, developed by Dr. Glenn W. Burton in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service at the University of Georgia Agricultural Coastal

One of the most interesting things we do each year here is host leadership students from our local high school (Auburndale High School — Go Bloodhounds!) and give them a glimpse of what we do here at Adams Cold Storage and the role we play in how their food goes from the farm to their

It’s July, and the Florida summer is upon us, which means it’s time to arm yourself with the knowledge that will keep your lawn and garden looking victorious for the remainder of the summer. Now is the time for summer fertilization of your lawn. Repairing, renovating and planting are also good ideas.  Before planting, don’t

Australian finger limes have a natural resistance to citrus greening, or HLB. Previous work by scientists at the University of California Riverside (UCR) led to the discovery of a peptide in these finger limes that will effectively kill the citrus greening bacterium when introduced to other trees as a treatment option. The UCR research team

As an auctioneer, I’m frequently asked, “What’s going on in the economy? When are we going to see a turndown? When is the bubble going to burst?” We are looking at a real estate market that is on fire. It is obvious what is causing it — the Feds are giving away money. When interest

Florida citrus growers have been waiting a long time for a method to combat citrus greening, and they just may have it in the antimicrobial peptide discovered by UC Riverside geneticist Hailing Jin and her team. Jin discussed the ongoing research into the peptide at the 2021 Florida Citrus Show, and she maintained that the

After the year we have had, you’re probably sick of hearing about vaccines, but our equine friends need protection from some of the nasty viruses they may encounter. Vaccines are designed to optimize your horse’s immune system so that they’re primed for a rapid response to an infectious agent. While a vaccine isn’t guaranteed to

The days of Florida ranchers grazing their cattle on solely bahia are drawing to a close. Through agriculture research such as that done by UF/IFAS, multiple cultivars have been making their way into the rancher’s toolkit. Over the next few months in this space, we will take a look at several alternatives to bahiagrass for

It’s summer. Those two words are packed with the promise that there are new days ahead while recognizing a continuation of the things we have always done. Especially this year.   Here at Adams Cold Storage, summer means continuing the work we have done for the past decade: safely storing food supplies from across the