Growers’ Input Helping Researchers in Organic Strawberry Study

Randall Weiseman May 28, 2014 Florida, Fruits, Specialty Crops

Growers are playing a critical role in setting priorities for research efforts towards the development of new organic strawberry production systems.

Farm Service Agency Resumes Core Operations
Approximately 2,100 U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency county offices on Oct. 23 resumed core operations during the government shutdown. The action is expected to help farmers access $3 billion worth of aid from existing programs. The Georgia Department of Agriculture (GDA) reported that Commodity Credit Corp. programs that fully resumed include: GDA reported […]
Let’s Chat About CUPS
Citrus under protective screen (CUPS) continues to spread across the Florida landscape. The practice is allowing growers to produce high-yielding and high-quality fruit. Roughly 1,500 acres are now planted under screen in Florida. MEET CUPSchat Arnold Schumann, University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) professor of soil, water and ecosystems sciences, pioneered […]