Amidst the state’s most severe cold snap since 2001, Florida farmers are being forced to pull out all the winter-weather stops to keep their crops healthy. For those left feeling unprepared by this challenging chill,
Florida Automated Weather Network (FAWN) will be hosting a winter weather seminar on Jan. 12 at the Polk County Extension Office in Bartow, Fla.
The free seminar, which will last from 9 a.m. to noon, will cover the basics of freeze protection for various crops (including an emphasis on citrus) as well as use of the FAWN Cold Protection Toolkit and other technology to better evaluate cold protection needs.
FAWN is a program of the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences that provides weather data and weather-related services to a wide variety of users in the Sunshine State. The seminar is
funded by the Alafia River, Coastal Rivers, Hillsborough River, Manasota, Northwest Hillsborough, Peace River, Pinellas-Anclote River and Withlacoochee River Basin Boards, and the Southwest Florida Water Management
District.
To register, contact Gail Crawford at 863-519-8677, ext. 111, or at
dorothyc@ufl.edu
For more information on the seminar, contact Rick Lusher at 352-392-0429, or
at
rlusher@ufl.edu
For more information on FAWN, visit http://fawn.ifas.ufl.edu.