MacCubbin gives gardening advice for Central Florida residents about sunflowers, fan flowers, poinsettias, sod and cocktail ...

“If we can get even 1% of our pesticide to its target, that’s a huge leap in efficiency,” adds Luke Johnson, a fellow PhD student in Agricultural and Biological Engineering. Assistant professor Kurt ...

Citrus plants are usually defenseless in cold weather, according to UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, and ...

After meeting for 18 months, a committee of Treasure Coast leaders reached consensus in 2005 on a report designed to save the ...

Whether you’re looking to sharpen your gardening skills, want to take in the pre-spring flower blossoms or learn about how to build a backyard ADU, you’ll find plenty of opportunities in our February ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Florida’s citrus industry is in crisis. In the last 20 years, production has fallen a staggering 90%—from 300 million boxes a year to just 12 million last season. The Florida ...

A San Diego County agricultural inspector with harvested lemons. (FILE photo courtesy of the county) The California Department of Food and Agriculture issued a citrus quarantine this week for northern ...

Citrus greening and psyllids are less common in North Florida compared to southern and central parts of the state, ...

Containing the spread of huanglongbing (HLB), also known as citrus greening disease, is a task that, in the state of Florida, falls not only into the hands of industry leaders and scientists, but ...

TALLAHASSEE --- Florida's once-dominant citrus industry is being squeezed for land at an accelerating rate. The U.S. Department of Agriculture this week reported that the industry is entering the 2025 ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – On a warm morning in Polk County, heavy equipment hummed through rows of citrus as a mobile carbonizer known as a “Tigercat” converted trees and grove debris into biochar — a ...

The City of Chino Hills is asking residents to take preventative measures to protect their citrus trees from Huanglongbing (HLB), a fatal citrus disease caused by a bacteria spread through the Asian ...