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Getting a head start on potential threats to ag
Scientists and growers get ready for the Florida Ag Expo THE AGENDA for the Florida...
Frank M. Hunt, III, receives Florida Citrus Packers’ highest honor
FLORIDA CITRUS PACKERS, INC.. named Frank M. Hunt, III, the 2016 recipient of the John...
Harvest Time: How Restaurants Against Hunger Community Farm has taken root
LIKE A PLANT STARTS as a seed, sometimes an idea starts as an initiative before...
Getting the support to replant and rebound
U.S. senators sponsor legislation for the citrus industry AS FLORIDA CITRUS growers continue to battle...
Nothing to moo at: Taking proper precautions to avoid heat stress for your show cattle
YOU WANT TO BE AS COOL as a cucumber when working with your show cattle...
A tale of caution for backyard chicken owners
Recent cases of Salmonella Enteritidis linked to backyard flocks WHETHER IT’S DUE to the high...
EEE update: Preventing Eastern Equine Encephalitis for your horse
EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS (EEE) has claimed its third victim of the year in Polk County...
Is the quest for a remedy to citrus greening near completion?
Two CREC professors map out how certain varieties could hold the key to more HLB-tolerant...
The 2016 blueberry season roundup
Sifting for the silver lining amid the challenges of Florida’s blue gold FLORIDA BLUEBERRY GROWERS...
Hurricane preparedness for crops and livestock large and small
Be ready with these before, during, and after storm-prep reminders FOR GROWERS, RANCHERS, AND PET...
Florida’s 2016 peach season
Overcoming challenges and researching the way to future success AN UNUSUALLY WARM WINTER is putting...
Raising a woman in ag
How Megan Handley has been — and plans to stay — involved in agriculture AGRICULTURE...
The best defense is a good offense — with The Tree Defender
Article sponsored by Southern Citrus Nurseries, 5600 Lake Trask Road, Dundee, FL 33838 863-439-3694 •...
Q&A on the Forage Field Day
UF agriculture specialist sheds light on new developments in livestock and forage practices ASHLEY FLUKE...
Is opportunity knocking for fresh Florida OJ in the Chinese market?
Recent study reveals potential for not-from-concentrate juice WITH 1.36 BILLION residents, China is the most...
Looking for a recreation horse? Consider these five breeds found on the ranch
THE SCENE IS is a young cattleman riding his stock horse, leaping off the side...
Harvest time: Double cropping — a watermelon season preview
THE END OF APRIL marks the beginning of watermelon harvest season in Central Florida, and...
Scribbling away at Florida’s next big crop potential
Scientists start a new hops yard with the hope of creating a new Florida agricultural...
#AgLife lessons from the ‘barn’
Student and Polk County Youth Fair participant, Paige Gebhardt, shares her 4-H journey THERE’S A...
Three men inducted into the Florida Citrus Hall of Fame
Vic Story, Jr., Bill Castle and Jack Norris make it easy to understand why we...
