When The Mosaic Co. wanted to study using phosphogypsum — a waste byproduct of the phosphate industry now heaped into small mountains — in road construction, it turned to the Sustainable Materials ...

Faced with a state budget crisis, University of Florida's President Bernard Machen is contemplating drastic cuts in funding for UF's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) and research ...

This story is part of The Price of Plenty, a special project investigating the power of the fertilizer manufacturing industry and its wide-ranging impacts on the environment in places like Florida and ...

Southwest Florida agriculture's think-tank, once languishing, is roaring back to vitality. On Tuesday, more than 250 people came to witness the dedication of a 7,000-square-foot addition and ...

The top agriculture official at the University of Florida plans to retire within the next year. Jack Payne, senior vice president for agriculture and natural resources, plans to retire next June. UF ...

Every year local peanut farmers brace for diseases that might wipe out their crop. Not just enemies they’ve fought off before, but new and emerging ones. They’re hard to see at first. Then, seemingly ...

Grafted orange trees may give the Florida's citrus growers new reason to hope the industry can cope with the citrus greening crisis, researchers say. Grafted orange trees showcased at the 100 th ...

Historic Milestone, Public-Private Collaboration Poised to Resurge State’s Agriculture Industry Yielding Economic and Job Growth, New Businesses DEERFIELD, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In addition to its ...

UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers test algae-infested waters in Hillsborough County. More than 100 local governments in Florida have implemented landscape fertilizer bans in ...

UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers test algae-infested waters in Hillsborough County. More than 100 local governments in Florida have implemented landscape fertilizer bans in ...