Friday, June 14, 2013

UF/IFAS in the news, 6/14

Good morning! Last UF/IFAS news roundup of the week:

Manatee County Fairgrounds crafts annual sewing camp

http://www.bradenton.com/2013/06/13/4566093/manatee-county-fairgrounds-crafts.html

 

WALTON COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE GETS FAWN WEATHER STATION

http://www.co.walton.fl.us/CivicAlerts.aspx?aid=664

 

New Weather System Helps Walton County Farmers

http://www.wjhg.com/home/headlines/New-Weather-System-Helps-Walton-County-Farmers-209410991.html

Manage your plants to keep mosquitoes at bay (Leon)

http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20130614/NEWS01/306140016/Manage-your-plants-keep-mosquitoes-bay

St. Johns farmers may be eligible for emergency loans

http://historiccity.com/2013/staugustine/news/florida/st-johns-farmers-may-be-eligible-for-emergency-loans-37489

Scientists Working to Develop Citrus-Greening Resistant Tree

http://www.theledger.com/article/20130613/NEWS/130619821?p=1&tc=pg

 

Looking at things from the ground up (Desoto)

http://highlandstoday.com/list/highlands-agri-leader-news/looking-at-things-from-the-ground-up-20130612/

Home and Garden calendar (Duval)

http://jacksonville.com/entertainment/home-and-garden/2013-06-13/story/home-and-garden-calendar

 

 

Other news:

Florida FFA building its headquarters here

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20130613/ARTICLES/130619813/1182?Title=Florida-FFA-building-its-headquarters-here

Airbus’s Latest Jetliner Takes Its First Flight

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/15/business/global/airbuss-latest-jetliner-takes-its-first-flight.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

 

Farmers Taking to the Air to Treat Own Fields

http://growingfl.com/features/2013/06/farmers-taking-air-treat-own-fields/?utm_source=Growing+Florida&utm_campaign=a5d4cbdf1d-growingfl-daily_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a00cf5c16f-a5d4cbdf1d-296612469

Oxygen mystery: How marine mammals hold their breath

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22853482

UF Ph.D. economics program denied funding, forced to downsize

http://www.alligator.org/news/campus/article_53066822-d3e6-11e2-a60a-001a4bcf887a.html

Florida reverses course and reaches deal with Amazon

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20130613/WIRE/130619819/1139?Title=Florida-reverses-course-and-reaches-deal-with-Amazon

 

 

 

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