UF/IFAS in the news, 10/16

Good morning! Today’s UF/IFAS news:

Florida counts on experimental trees to fight orange plague (Fox – natl)

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/10/15/florida-counts-on-experimental-trees-to-fight-orange-plague/

Farming yields $2 billion yearly to Southwest Florida economy (Collier)

http://www.marcoislandflorida.com/article/20131015/BUSINESS/310100059/Farming-yields-2-billion-yearly-to-Southwest-Florida-economy?odyssey=tab|mostpopular|text|FRONTPAGE

 

Putnam wants nearly $26 million to expand agricultural water programs (FSG)

http://www.thefloridacurrent.com/article.cfm?id=34882776

Stone Crab Season is Upon Us (Collier/Lee)

http://www.naplesillustrated.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=news.details&ArticleId=4020

Camellias in the Panhandle ……(Bay)

http://fosterfollynews.com/2013/10/16/camellias-in-the-panhandle/

 

Campus, other news:

No schmucks allowed: Bubbe-approved Yiddish language course to be offered in Spring

http://www.alligator.org/news/campus/article_80a30f2c-3621-11e3-9aed-0019bb2963f4.html

Debt Talks in Disarray as House Balks

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/16/us/politics/congress-budget-debate.html?_r=0

Tiny, wireless pacemaker due to be launched in Europe

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24535624

Tensions flare at UF anti-abortion protest

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20131015/ARTICLES/131019777?p=1&tc=pg

Editorial: Flawed rankings

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20131015/OPINION01/131019819?p=1&tc=pg

Chomsky tackles media controversies, coverage in UF speech

http://www.alligator.org/news/campus/article_32508ff8-3620-11e3-a459-0019bb2963f4.html

36th Annual Sunbelt Ag Expo Underway

http://www.wctv.tv/news/georgianews/headlines/36th-Annual-Sunbelt-Ag-Expo-Officially-Underway-In-Moultrie-227893051.html