Intermittent irrigation can save strawberry growers as much as 67% on water, maintain yieldÂ
Conserving water is crucial for enhancing the sustainability of Floridaâs $434 million-a-year strawberry industry.Â
Conserving water is crucial for enhancing the sustainability of Floridaâs $434 million-a-year strawberry industry.Â
A major focus of the collaborative research is on how urchins can improve the growth and survival of corals. Â
Following the storms, some areas required more effort to get the fields back in working order to complete planting.
The Furness farm consists of a balanced ecosystem where wildlife and cattle thrive.
About 2 million Florida homes â or about 30% of the stateâs residents â rely on septic to treat wastewater.
While trees may pose a threat during storms, they provide vital benefits such as buffering winds and reducing stormwater runoff.
UF/IFAS researchers are trying to grow coffee in Florida to test it as an alternative crop for the state's farmers.
So much carbon dioxide has been emitted by human activity that it has decreased the pH of the oceans.
Indoors operations use far less land than conventional farms, but have high electricity use relative to traditional farming.
Insufficient research into how to better sequester carbon can lead to misinformation for ranchers, the study shows.
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