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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued its initial citrus crop forecast on Friday, October 11, for the 2024-2025 harvest season. The USDA’s current estimate does not reflect the damage inflicted by Hurricane Milton across Central and South Florida earlier this week. The federal agency forecasts production to be 15 million boxes of oranges this season. […]

REDLANDS, Fla. — Lion Farms, a regenerative farm certified by Global Good Agricultural Practices (Global GAP) and the USDA for organic farming is excited to share its new approach to locally growing beautiful and hard-to-find gourmet mushrooms. With a strong focus on sustainability and quality, Lion Farms is changing the game for the organic mushroom market

GAINESVILLE, Fla.— Florida Farm Bureau Federation has activated its Hurricane Helene Relief Fund to support farmers and ranchers who have suffered agricultural loss due to Hurricane Helene.   Anyone wishing to donate to the fund can make a tax-deductible donation online or send a check in the mail to:    Florida Farm Bureau Women’s Fund Memo: Hurricane Helene Relief Fund for Agriculture P.O. Box

by BRAD BUCK, UF/IFAS For the past 81 years, faculty and staff at the University of Florida Range Cattle Research and Education Center have hosted Ona Field Day to update ranchers and land managers with the latest scientific information. The next field day will begin at 8 a.m. on Oct. 10, and registration is open

by UF/IFAS The agricultural production losses Florida experienced due to Hurricane Debby have an estimated value between $93.7 million and $263.2 million, according to a preliminary UF/IFAS Economic Impact Analysis Program (EIAP) report based on producer surveys. The Category 1 storm made landfall Aug. 5 near Steinhatchee, Florida, and affected more than 2.2 million acres

as reported by UF NEWS After serving as provost for the University of Florida since January and as interim provost beginning July 2023, Dr. J. Scott Angle announced August 14 that he will return to UF/IFAS as senior vice president for Agriculture and Natural Resources next month, a position he assumed in 2020. Interim President

provided by LIPMAN FAMILY FARMS Immokalee, FLA. – Lipman Family Farms made a big impact at their 14th annual Backpack Giveaway, where they handed out 1,800 backpacks to eager Immokalee students about to start their school year. This community event reflects Lipman’s dedication to supporting local education and empowering the next generation. This annual event,

by BRAD BUCK We’re just now coming off of July, which is National Blueberry Month, and a University of Florida dietitian says the fruit could be called “power berries.”  “Blueberries have fiber, vitamin C, vitamin K, manganese and potassium, and they have some of the highest antioxidant levels of all the common fruits and vegetables,”

by BRAD BUCK, UF/IFAS Summer brings daily storms in the Sunshine State, and with the rain, you need to control flooding in some neighborhoods. Florida is swimming in 76,000 stormwater ponds.  Designed to control flooding, stormwater ponds are not as effective as natural ponds at removing nitrogen, a pollutant that can go downstream into lakes,