It’s February, which means it’s planting time in your garden. Get busy by putting your tender annuals in the ground now, as well as fertilize your fruit and shade trees. Before you go plant-crazy for the impending spring season, however, you’ll want to have your soil pH checked. Most plants like a pH of 5.5 […]
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Hurricane Irma did a lot of damage to Florida agriculture in the first half of September 2017. Damages to Florida agriculture by Hurricane Irma were estimated to be around $2.5 billion, with sectors like citrus, the nursery industry, cattle, and sugar hit the hardest. Growers and producers are awaiting federal disaster relief, but The Florida
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by DON HARDEN As a family farmer myself, the status of the family farm and its impact on the future of agriculture is not lost on me. With the average age of farmers on the rise, family farms are also the focus of USDA’s Economic Research Service’s (ERS) recently released a report on the subject:
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Now that the New Year has arrived, it’s time to make some plant and garden resolutions that will add life to your outdoor space. Here are the gardening tips for the month of January to get your lawn and garden started off the right way. One of the first things to do is fertilize Bermuda
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Much of the USA began 2018 on an extremely cold and icy footing, quickly bringing to mind Disney’s “Frozen,” the highly popular animated film. At Adams Cold Storage (ACS), we’re blessed with the opportunity to make a living in the real world of frozen and to do our part to secure critical links in the
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We need a paradigm shift in agriculture. I know that’s a bold statement, but let me tell you a quick story about why I feel this way. Over the holidays, I had the pleasure of touring citrus groves in Avon Park. What I witnessed was a beautiful landscape and a proud agricultural community. I
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In addition to proper land management of your pasture, genetics is an important topic when it comes to the health and marketability of your beef herd. The technology of genetics, however, has advanced so rapidly in recent years that it can be hard to keep up. A two-day lectureship, the Application of Advanced Genetic Technology
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When you discuss the big players in Florida agriculture, citrus and beef cattle are usually the topic of conversation, but there’s another sector that deserves recognition for bringing a lot of jobs and revenue to The Sunshine State: The Forest Industry. I have a great deal of experience in land purchasing and forestry management, so
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It’s a new year, and many people are looking to improve themselves in some way or another. It’s a time for reflection, for considering our paths and resolving to do more for ourselves and our communities. Here at the Wild Game Food Bank, we are committed to connecting hunters with the needy by making it
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West Nile Virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne virus that is primarily a bird disease but can infect any mammal, including horses and humans. It’s maintained by infected birds in the wild as they contain a high level of the virus in their blood. Humans and horses are considered “dead-end hosts” since mosquitoes appear unable to
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