| Couple is feeling at home at Lake Howard Heights | Bill Adams grew his citrus nursery business into one of the largest in the state — until canker decimated the industry and agriculture officials ordered his trees burned. “When the canker problem struck the industry (in the mid 1980s), I was doing very well […]
Life after farming: Bill and Maxi Adams Read More »
| Instructing local students while strengthening the relationship between rider and equine | The location may have changed, but the enthusiasm and excitement that happens each summer for students in the Florida 4-H Horsemanship School never dwindles. From June 9-14 (for Western Riding) and June 23-28 (for English Riding) of this year, students ages 11-18
Developing the future of horsemanship Read More »
Laminitis is a serious disease of horses that occurs due to either inflammation, decreased or increased blood flow, or metabolic unbalance. It can result in the separation of the connections (laminae) that attach the hoof wall to the coffin bone in the foot. When separation occurs the coffin bone rotates away from the hoof wall
What is laminitis? Read More »
Have you ever considered the magnitude of the National School Lunch Program (NSLP)? It was huge even before it was expanded to include summer programs, breakfast meals and, at some locations, food and snacks for after-school child care. [emember_protected custom_msg=”Click here and register now to read the rest of the article!”] To help illustrate the
The National School Lunch Program and the food chain, Part I Read More »
Most backyard citrus trees suffer from starvation or scale. Don’t let it happen to yours! May is the time to feed and spray your citrus. In fact, May is the time to feed all your fruit and shade trees, as well as woody landscape plants. Utilize Ferti-lome’s Fruit, Citrus and Pecan Tree Food on these
Tree and lawn care tips for May Read More »
Representatives from the Polk County Farm Bureau attended Florida Farm Bureau Days in Tallahassee on March 18 and 19 and met with the Polk delegation on legislative issues effecting agriculture businesses. With the session just past the halfway mark, I encourage our members to visit Florida Farm Bureau’s Legislative Action Center at http://capwiz.com/flfb/home/ to track
PCFB: President’s column Read More »
Today we enjoy the modern conveniences of super highways, air-conditioned homes, cars, even tractors … but where did we come from? Five hundred springtimes ago, Juan Ponce de Leon landed in “La Florida.” [emember_protected custom_msg=”Click here and register now to read the rest of the article!”] Now the Florida Department of Agriculture and Commissioner Adam
Getting in some springtime action and auctions Read More »
April’s warmer temperatures and typically dry weather signal spring is here, meaning it’s time to prune branches damaged by the winter cold and prepare for the growing season. When flowering shrubs finish blooming, it’s time to shape them. [emember_protected custom_msg=”Click here and register now to read the rest of the article!”] Mulch your garden now
Preparing for summer growth Read More »
From highly efficient mobile and warehouse refrigeration units to digital time-and-temperature recorders and temperature-reading infrared “guns,” significant technology is employed in the cold supply chain to maintain food product freshness and ensure the safety of food consumers. [emember_protected custom_msg=”Click here and register now to read the rest of the article!”] But, it’s still people —
Key players in the cold supply chain Read More »
In the photo: Entomologist Phil Kaufman shows the size difference between the invasive Asian tiger mosquito, right, and the native species Psorophora ciliata, sometimes called the gallinipper. It hasn’t really been a particularly rainy winter, Phil Kaufman notes, but there’s been enough to leave standing water in the fields out in rural areas to be
Observing a major pest for cattle producers — the gallinipper Read More »
