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Farmers Recognized for Environmental Stewardship Eight farm families in the Suwannee River and Santa Fe River Basins will receive a coveted statewide award for their outstanding achievements in preserving land and water resources. WHAT:  Recognition dinner and event for recipients of Florida Farm Bureau’s County Alliance for Responsible Environmental Stewardship…

May 2022 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter The Florida Farm Bureau’s state board of directors approved a $24,500 scholarship a year (for two years) to provide a student the opportunity to pursue a Bachelor’s in Agricultural Studies at Warner University. “We are delighted to help students achieve their dreams as they pursue their…

Jim Farley is a multi-generational cattle rancher from Clay County. He learned at a young age how to transform an essential job into a thriving and fulfilling career. Shortly after receiving his degree in Ranch Management from Texas Christian University and marrying the love of his life in 1969, Farley…

April 2022 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter The UF/IFAS NFREC – Suwannee Valley hosted a free event on March 29, 2022 on fertilization strategies and pasture management. The group toured cool season plots and saw four varieties of bahiagrass while hearing from Columbia County Extension Agent Paulette Tomlinson and  Professor of Forage Breeding…

April 2022 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter John Dooner YF&R State Leadership Group, District 2 Born and raised in Gadsden County, 7th generation Floridian, John Dooner, does not recall a time in his life when he was not exposed to growing, managing or deriving something from the land. Dooner hails from a long-line…

April 2022 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter    The sixth annual Feeding the Economy report, a historic farm-to-fork economic analysis revealing how these sectors influence the local and broader United States economies, has been published by 30 food and agriculture groups. Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s study highlights how the…

April 2022 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter    The Volusia County Young Farmers & Ranchers (YF&R)  Committee hosted their inaugural Taste of Volusia event on March 10 at the Volusia County Fairgrounds.  “The whole purpose of this event was to highlight Volusia County agriculture and the commodities we produce,” said Dallas Hull, Volusia…

April 2022 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter    UF/IFAS assistant agronomy professor Zachary Brym leads a new initiative to promote a better understanding of hemp production.  Host of the UF/IFAS Perspective from the Hemp Industry blog series, Brym hopes to shed light on the benefits of hemp production and the diverse uses of…

April 2022 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter    Florida citrus and fruit growers wishing to apply for crop insurance coverage for the 2022 crop year should do so by April 15, 2022.   Coverage is available for avocado trees and mango trees in Miami-Dade County; carambola trees in Lee and Miami-Dade counties; lemon trees…

April 2022 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter    By J. Scott Angle  [email protected]  @IFAS_VP  When Judi Whitson became the Hillsborough County Farm Bureau executive director in 1991, she was told, she remembers, “to get in touch with Jemy Hinton and make something happen.”  Whitson and Hinton, the UF/IFAS Extension Hillsborough County 4-H agent…

April 2022 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter    The University of Florida is working on a USDA-funded Best Management Practices (BMP) labeling study to determine if a product labeling program would prompt growers to consider adopting BMPs in their production program. The research team has developed a draft survey and they wish to…

April 2022 FloridAgriculture eNewsletter    Nominations for the 2022 CARES award are open until May 15, 2022.  Florida Farm Bureau has implemented a new nomination process for its County Alliance for Responsible Environmental Stewardship (CARES) program. For more than two decades, the CARES program has recognized farmers and ranchers who…