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The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences is creating the UF/IFAS Office of Strategic Partnerships and Innovation in an effort to foster public-private partnerships and commercialization of its research. The new office will open on May 15th and according to UF/IFAS, the office will “be the commercial outreach and entrepreneurial development arm of the institute. The main …
The Florida Cattle Enhancement Board provides critical funding to enhance Brahman genetics through research at the University of Florida and we caught up with Dr. Mario Binelli to learn more. Binelli said, “I could not be more grateful, Dale. It’s amazing. I’ll tell you, it’s about 50% of all the research funding that I get. It’s an extremely generous and very …
The Georgia Peanut Commission, based in Tifton, has approved $764,000 in research project funding for the 2025-26 research budget year. This action was taken during the Commission’s March board meeting. The research projects approved included 40 project proposals submitted from the University of Georgia, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, and USDA’s Ag Research Service. According to Joe Botifer, the chairman of that research committee, our …
The Florida Cattle Enhancement Board has built strong ties between Florida’s Cattle Industry and the University of Florida. We sat down with Dr. Scott Angle, Senior Vice President For Agriculture And Natural Resources and leader of UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences to learn more. Dr. Angle said, “I think it just goes back to relationships because there is …
Peanut research at the University of Georgia in Tifton has had a direct impact on the world’s top selling candy, Peanuts M&M’s. Back in 2005, Mars, the manufacturer of M&M’s, were receiving some complaints about the taste of the Peanut M&M’s, it wasn’t exactly like they thought it should be. The Mars officials agreed, they said disease and environmental issues such as droughts and …
The Florida Cattle Enhancement Board provides opportunities for research and we sat down with Tom Bryant, CPA with Beasley Bryant and Company CPAs and Membership Chair of the Florida Cattlemen’s Association to learn his impressions of the work that is funded by the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board. Bryant said, “Oh, I think the Cattlemen’s Enhancement Board just provides more research …
The Florida Cattle Enhancement Board provides opportunities for research projects which might not have been pursued otherwise. We sat down with Dr. Nicolas DiLorenzo with the University of Florida to learn about his research into sileage. Dr. DiLorenzo said, “To be honest, without that, I don’t think I would have been able to get started. We probably would not even …
The Florida Cattle Enhancement Board has provided an opportunity to highlight a difficult subject in farming through a podcast series. We caught up with Marshal Sewell with the Mind Your Melon Foundation to learn more. Sewell said, “We have got a really cool opportunity to get to work with the Florida Cattle Enhancement Board and the Florida Cattlemen’s Association to continue …
The Florida Cattle Enhancement Board has built relationships between cattle producers and researchers. We sat down with Pat Durden, Former Florida Cattlemen’s President to learn more. Durden said, “So what it’s allowed with the Cattle Enhancement Board is those researchers to come with projects to the board and the board pick the projects they want to fund and the board is made …
The Florida Cattle Enhancement Board has funded research that helps to support forage development as well as improving management practices. We sat down with Dr. Jose Dubeux with the University of Florida to learn more. Dr. Dubeux said, “ With those funds I’ve been able to address different needs, not only for my research program but for the cattle industry in Florida. …
