| EcoRaster provides mud solution for equine, cattle, and landscaping industries | IT’S NO SECRET that new technology can bring sweeping innovations, even to age-old industries like agriculture. One such product is making a big splash in the cattle, equine and horticulture/landscaping industries. Actually, the product — called EcoRaster — is aimed at eliminating any […]
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| New study finds more OJ antioxidant benefits than scientists initially believed | GOOD NEWS for orange juice lovers! According to a recent study published in Food Chemistry, a new technique has been developed that can better determine the health value of different foods and drinks, including our delicious Florida orange juice. In the study,
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In the photos: Above left, a local veteran saddles up for his Thursday morning ride. Above right, Blackfoot is one of four horses used for veteran riders at TiAnViCa Riding Academy. | Academy’s veterans program offers more than just riding lessons | THERE’S NO DENYING that horses hold a special place in the lives of
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| Citrus Growers Offered Financial Incentive to Remove Diseased Trees | Joe L. Davis Jr. is a committed citrus grower who raises mainly Valencias for orange juice. His Avon Park-based citrus operation spans 2,500 acres in Polk, Highlands, Hardee, and DeSoto counties. When he found 80 acres no longer were profitable, he decided to clear
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IN THE PHOTOS: (Left) Ty Strode, vice president, and Randy Strode, owner of Agri-Starts. (Middle) Greg Kennedy of the Department of Environmental Protection and Sutton Rucks of Milking R at the rainwater retention pond. (Right) Bryan Jones of Riverdale Potato Farm uses a smartphone to access information from moisture meters that promote efficiency and conservation
| Dundee Elementary Academy helps students embrace agriculture with a focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math | WHAT WOULD YOU GET if you crossed a rabbit, a chicken, and a gaggle of kindergarteners? You would have a group of students so excited that they do not even realize that they are learning. At Dundee
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| Jacksonville company recycling citrus wood | AT A TIME when dead citrus wood seems more like a nuisance than a commodity, a Jacksonville company has found a way to recycle diseased citrus trees and use the wood as biofuel. Its bio baler harvesting system sheers the trees at the ground level, leaving groves ready
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EARLIER THIS YEAR, in the February 2014 edition, Central Florida Ag News published an article that focused on the emerging possibilities for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), or drones, in agriculture. Now, ten months later, Dr. Reza Ehsani, associate professor of Biological and Agricultural Engineering at the University of Florida’s Citrus Research and Education Center (CREC)
@griTech: Unmanned aerial vehicle update! Read More »
| Research coming out of UF/IFAS that is helping propel Florida agriculture into the future | IN THE SPAN of three weeks this fall, UF/IFAS hosted three speakers on one of the most controversial topics in agriculture — genetically modified organisms.
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One Family’s Story of Carrying on an Ag Tradition Florida’s roots are planted deep in agriculture, and many of the rigors of farm or ranch life get elevated to an art form with competitions and all the fancy trimmings. Just as barrel racing, bull riding, and calf roping in Rodeo sprang from the daily tasks
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