Team IFAS Helps Growers
Team IFAS Helps Growers Jack Payne If you’re a citrus or tomato grower in Southwest Florida, there’s a good chance you’ve met Dr. Sarah Strauss. She gets out of the lab plenty, because part of [...]
Bradford County Farm Bureau President Glen Ritch
Bradford County Farm Bureau President Glen Ritch Bradford County Farm Bureau (BCFB) President Glen Ritch has lived his whole life in rural north central Florida. Growing up, his family had a small cattle farm. Bradford [...]
Predicting the Weather
Predicting the Weather Clyde Fraisse (blue shirt) demonstrating an Agro Climate computer application. Photo: UF/IFAS. Farmers can now learn about the probability of extreme weather events on their farm before the growing season so they [...]
Opportunities and Threats of Cuban Agricultural Trade
Opportunities and Threats of Cuban Agricultural Trade The Cuban market could become an export market worth $10 billion to U.S. farmers and ranchers, according to speakers at a breakout session held during the 2017 American [...]
Florida Members Travel to Phoenix
Florida Members Travel to Phoenix Several Florida Farm Bureau members traveled to Phoenix Jan. 6-11 for the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Annual Meeting. At the meeting, Florida Farm Bureau was honored for receiving awards of [...]
More than 60 Environmental Stewardship Awards Presented in 2016
More than 60 Environmental Stewardship Awards Presented in 2016 More than 60 farmers throughout Florida were recognized in 2016 for conserving natural resources. Farmers and ranchers were presented a County Alliance for Responsible Environmental Stewardship [...]
February 2017
Team IFAS Helps Growers
Team IFAS Helps Growers Jack Payne If you’re a citrus or tomato grower in Southwest Florida, there’s a good chance you’ve met Dr. Sarah Strauss. She gets out of the lab plenty, because part of [...]
Bradford County Farm Bureau President Glen Ritch
Bradford County Farm Bureau President Glen Ritch Bradford County Farm Bureau (BCFB) President Glen Ritch has lived his whole life in rural north central Florida. Growing up, his family had a small cattle farm. Bradford [...]
Predicting the Weather
Predicting the Weather Clyde Fraisse (blue shirt) demonstrating an Agro Climate computer application. Photo: UF/IFAS. Farmers can now learn about the probability of extreme weather events on their farm before the growing season so they [...]
Opportunities and Threats of Cuban Agricultural Trade
Opportunities and Threats of Cuban Agricultural Trade The Cuban market could become an export market worth $10 billion to U.S. farmers and ranchers, according to speakers at a breakout session held during the 2017 American [...]
Florida Members Travel to Phoenix
Florida Members Travel to Phoenix Several Florida Farm Bureau members traveled to Phoenix Jan. 6-11 for the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Annual Meeting. At the meeting, Florida Farm Bureau was honored for receiving awards of [...]
January 2017
More than 60 Environmental Stewardship Awards Presented in 2016
More than 60 Environmental Stewardship Awards Presented in 2016 More than 60 farmers throughout Florida were recognized in 2016 for conserving natural resources. Farmers and ranchers were presented a County Alliance for Responsible Environmental Stewardship [...]
AGRICULTURE LINKS
We have developed the following resource page to help you learn more about agriculture throughout Central Florida
Agricultural Certifications (AEST)
American Farm Bureau Federation
American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture
Florida Department of Agriculture
Florida Agriculture in the Classroom
U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance- Food Dialogues
National Ground Water Association
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
USDA Agricultural Research Service
National Agricultural Statistics Service
National Agri-Marketing Association
University of Florida College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
