UF/IFAS in the news, 12/3

Good morning! Today’s UF/IFAS news:

 

Florida battles Mexican strawberries

http://www.thegrower.com/regions/florida/Florida-battles-Mexican-strawberries-234089101.html

UF/IFAS team awarded strawberry sustainability grant

http://farmerandranchernow.com/2013/12/02/ufifas-team-awarded-strawberry-sustainability-grant/

Researchers to Get More Biofuels from Pine Trees

http://domesticfuel.com/2013/12/03/researchers-to-get-more-biofuels-from-pine-trees/

Plum Creek prepares to submit plan to the public

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20131202/ARTICLES/131209936/1109/sports?p=1&tc=pg

UF/IFAS expert part of beef team honored with national USDA award

http://farmerandranchernow.com/2013/12/02/ufifas-expert-part-of-beef-team-honored-with-national-usda-award/

 

 

UF, other news:

 

Detroit braces for bankruptcy ruling

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/04/us/detroit-braces-for-bankruptcy-ruling.html?_r=0

Report: Train engineer was asleep

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/12/metro-north-derailment-report-100573.html

Amazon Drone Skeptics Lack Imagination (opinion)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/modeledbehavior/2013/12/03/amazon-drone-skeptics-lack-imagination/

Audit questions revenue spending decisions by UF

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20131202/ARTICLES/131209939/1109/sports?Title=Audit-questions-revenue-spending-decisions-by-UF

Florida Department of Citrus Cited Over Records

http://www.theledger.com/article/20131202/NEWS/131209902/1178?Title=Florida-Department-of-Citrus-Cited-Over-Records

Regulators must decide who gets Floridan Aquifer's last drops

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2013-12-02/news/os-water-future-central-florida-20131202_1_aquifer-water-floridan-aquifer-central-florida-water-initiative

Citrus making a comeback in Pensacola area

http://www.pnj.com/article/20131203/BUSINESS/312030014/Citrus-making-a-comeback-in-Panhandle