IFAS in the News

Good morning. Here is IFAS in the News for Thursday, April 12.

IFAS-Related...

Poisonous Caterpillars Flourish in South Florida as Weather Warms http://www.orlandosentinel.com/fl-poisonous-caterpillars-20120411,0,2371953.story

Florida Orange Crop Drops by 1 Percent
http://www.newschief.com/article/20120412/NEWS/204125024

Federal Agency Investigates Supposed Fire Ant Decline http://www.news-press.com/article/20120411/NEWS0105/304110021/0/pbcs.dll/Fire-ants-marching-into-decline-?odyssey=nav%7Chead

Big Ag Show in Two Weeks
http://www2.tbo.com/business/2012/apr/11/3/big-ag-show-in-two-weeks-ar-390855/

Citrus Losing Its Leaves Probably Not a Good Sign (Clay County) http://www.claytodayonline.com/ee/claytoday/en/component/fullstory/20120412_002_art_0/citrus-losing-its-leaves-probably-not-a-good-sign

Flower & Garden Festival This Weekend in Milton (Santa Rosa County) http://www.nwfdailynews.com/articles/flower-48842--.html

Emerald Coast Flower, Garden Fest This Weekend (Santa Rosa County) http://www.gulfbreezenews.com/news/2012-04-12/Community/Emerald_Coast_Flower_Garden_Fest_this_weekend.html

St. Lucie Master Gardeners Festival, Plant Sale May 12 (St. Lucie County) http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2012/apr/11/st-lucie-master-gardeners-festival-plant-sale-12/

Bed Bugs on the Prowl (Duval County)
http://jacksonville.com/opinion/blog/496425/sandy-strickland/2012-04-11/bed-bugs-prowl

It's Easy to Grow Your Own Edibles
http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20120412/LIVING02/204120303/It-s-easy-grow-your-own-edibles?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7Cfrontpage%7Cs

Of Interest...

Coast Guard Checks Shell Report of Gulf Oil Slick http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/04/12/coast-guard-checks-shell-report-gulf-oil-slick/

Three Big Animal Drugmakers Volunteer to Change Labels
http://www.fiercepharmamanufacturing.com/story/3-big-animal-drugmakers-volunteer-change-labels/2012-04-12

Want to Learn About Citrus Greening? There's an App for That http://www.thegrower.com/news/regions/florida/Want-to-learn-about-citrus-greening-Theres-an-app-for-that-147006055.html

Machen Gets to Make Case Thursday to Governor
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20120411/ARTICLES/120419895

Urban Meyer Refutes Recent Report, Denies Circle of Trust http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-04-11/sports/os-urban-meyer-addresses-recent-report-20120411_1_urban-meyer-ncaa-violation-coaches

Olympians Giving Back -- Gemma Spofforth http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/Commentary/30260.asp?q=Olympians-Giving-Back:-Gemma-Spofforth

Tom Nordlie
IFAS News
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tnordlie@ufl.edu
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