University of Florida honeybee researcher Jamie Ellis is interested in what happens to bees that encounter chemicals and Varroa mites — but he’s even more interested in how younger bees fare long-term after facing those challenges....More
Two University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences faculty members have received Walter Barnard Hill awards in recognition of their public outreach programs....More
University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental doctoral student Erico Rolim de Mattos foresees a world where exploding human populations, global climate change and land over-development has rendered mankind incapable of producing enough food to sustain humanity....More
Steve Rideout, director of Virginia Tech’s Eastern Shore Agriculture Research and Education Center, warns cucumber growers in the state to scout for cucurbit downy mildew, which has shown up earlier in the season than usual....More
A strong and steady supply of fresh-market vegetables is causing price reductions for growers, according to the latest Vegetables and Pulses Outlook report from USDA’s Economic Research Service....More
Growing strawberries in Florida just got tougher. This spring, growers discovered that most of the usual fungicides had little effect on an outbreak of Botrytis cinerea....More
Walking around the intensely-worked 40 acres she and her husband, Chris, farm near Punta Gorda, Fla., Eva Worden points out the hundreds of vegetable cultivars they grow, then reflects a bit on her own rather unusual journey to this place....More
