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Growing up With a Friend May Improve a Dairy Cow’s Lifelong Welfare
Just like humans, dairy cows need to adapt to changing environments as they develop. That includes moving among social groups, changing housing arrangements and entering the milking parlor, said Emily Miller-Cushon, an assistant professor of animal...
13-Jun-2019 9:40 AM EDT
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Study Aims to Use Orange Peels for Something Useful: Better Heart Health
Yu Wang, an assistant professor of food science and human nutrition at the UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, part of the USDA. With the award,...
12-Jun-2019 9:30 AM EDT
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UF Study: Hunger and Food Security May Impact College Student Health and Academic Performance
About 19 percent of respondents were identified as food insecure, lacking consistent access to nutritious food, while another 25 percent experienced anxiety about food shortage. Through this work, UF/IFAS researchers found that food insecure...
5-Jun-2019 4:40 PM EDT
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UF Eyes Butterfly Pea as Natural Food-Color Source
It provides a natural food coloring. It gives nurseries another ornamental to grow and sell, and it might provide health benefits to those who eat it with their food.
29-May-2019 9:00 AM EDT
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UF/IFAS Urges Permeable Pavement to Help Reduce Pollutants
Permeable pavements are one of many tools in sustainable urban development. Others include rain gardens, cisterns and green roofs. UF/IFAS encourages designers, builders and governments to use the entire urban sustainability development toolbox,...
20-May-2019 12:05 PM EDT
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AI Could Help Citrus Growers Find, Detect Dangerous Psyllids
Precision agriculture engineer Yiannis Ampatzidis sees a day when citrus farmers use artificial intelligence to detect the pin-sized insects that can infect the fruit’s trees with the deadly greening disease. That day could come in the near...
1-May-2019 4:05 PM EDT
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UF/IFAS Agricultural Engineering Professor Named Director of Florida Climate Institute
A University of Florida agricultural engineer who uses crop models to help farmers adapt to warmer, more erratic weather, will unite scientists to better deal with the impacts of an increasingly changing climate.
29-Apr-2019 1:55 PM EDT
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Yellow Fever, Asian Tiger Mosquitoes Both Adept at Transmitting Zika
UF/IFAS scientists zeroed in on the Florida mosquitoes because most of the studies done on “vector competence” to date have been conducted on species in Africa and Asia.
25-Apr-2019 11:05 AM EDT
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UF/IFAS Expert: Eat Fresh Food for a Healthy Heart
As we enter February, which is American Heart Month, a University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences nutrition expert gives several suggestions to help you keep your heart pumping blood as it should.
7-Feb-2019 9:00 AM EST
UF expert available to talk about NAFTA deal
1-Oct-2018 10:05 AM EDT
UF/IFAS Entomologist Urges Precautions Against Mosquito-Borne Viruses
Unusually high levels of mosquito-borne virus transmission to sentinel chickens, horses and humans have been reported so far this summer.
6-Sep-2018 10:05 AM EDT
People Slimming for Summer Should Carefully Consider Their Salads
Laura Acosta, a registered dietitian at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, said three types of salads often come with lots of calories and are laden with fat and sodium.
27-Jun-2018 8:05 AM EDT
Beach Bound? UF/IFAS Works With Communities to Ensure Clean Shorelines
As we celebrate July 1-7 as National Clean Beaches Week, thousands, if not millions of people will flock to Florida’s shorelines. If visitors leave garbage, local residents will rid the debris from the shorelines, and some will get help from...
25-Jun-2018 11:05 AM EDT
UF/IFAS Experts Available for 2017 Hurricane Season
Experts from the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences can provide insight about hurricane preparation, agricultural crops, tree damage, hurricane-proofing your home and more.
1-Jun-2017 8:05 AM EDT
UF Experts Suggest Ways to Save Water During Drought
Extension experts can provide an irrigation audit, which will help you troubleshoot spots where perhaps the sprinklers are not wetting the soil uniformly. It may be tempting to run the sprinklers more often when we see dry spots in the lawn, but the...
23-May-2017 8:05 AM EDT
UF/IFAS Expert: For Earth Day, Save Energy with Small Steps
Wendell Porter, a senior lecturer in the UF/IFAS department of agricultural and biological engineering, offers hints to save energy: Change the temperature on your thermostat by 1 degree. Change the temperature on your hot water tank from 130 to...
20-Apr-2017 8:05 AM EDT
