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Diez beneficios de los huertos urbanos: enfoque en las crisis socioeconómicas

Mysha Clarke

<p>Esta publicación destaca los potenciales beneficios de los huertos urbanos tanto para los vecindarios cercanos como para la comunidad urbana en general, así como para las comunidades periféricas y visitantes de una ciudad. Los planificadores urbanos, residentes y miembros de la comunidad encontrarán muy útil esta información tanto para planificar nuevos huertos como para mantener los ya establecidos.</p>

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Tapping into Florida's Craft Beer Market: A Brewer's Guide to Consumer Purchasing and Consumption Habits in the Sunshine State

Meri Hambaryan, Glory Orivri, Nathan Palardy, John Lai, and Bachir Kassas

Florida’s craft beer industry has undergone explosive growth in the past decade, expanding sixfold from just 66 to 396 breweries, with an estimated economic impact of over $4 billion dollars in 2022. The craft beer sector is primarily small businesses that may lack large domestic breweries' resources and expertise to conduct in-house market research. Trade groups for craft breweries publish market research at the national level but do not often delve into state-specific nuances. This publication provides Florida breweries with data-driven marketing information on Florida beer consumers' purchase frequency, monthly beer expenditure, and preferred places to buy and drink beer. It includes a bulleted list of key consumer insights for craft breweries.

Heralding Hoppers: A Guide to Uncovering Leafhoppers, Planthoppers, and Treehoppers with iNaturalist

Brian Bahder, Brittany M. Mason, and Corey T. Callaghan

The purpose of this publication is to provide guidance and tips on observing hoppers, a group of insects including leafhoppers, planthoppers, and treehoppers. Further, it explains how to leverage iNaturalist to document your observations of the natural world and thereby contribute to science. The intended audience is anyone who is interested in the natural world and wants to learn more about observing and identifying hoppers and contributing to science by adding observations to iNaturalist.

Crapemyrtle Pruning

Gary W. Knox, Edward F. Gilman, Teagan Young, Ryan W. Klein, and Leynar Leyton

Pruning is one of the most controversial aspects of maintaining crapemyrtle. Traditionally, many crapemyrtles were routinely topped, leaving large branch and stem stubs. This practice has been called "crape murder" because most people dislike the winter appearance and many professionals believe the practice impacts crapemyrtle health and structural integrity. UF/IFAS research has clarified the effects of various crapemyrtle pruning practices that resulted in the recommendations in this publication.

Guide to Performing McMaster’s Fecal Egg Count for Small Ruminants

Bridget Stice, Laura H. Bennett, Christa L. Kirby, Allison L. Williams, and Brittany N. Diehl

This article is meant to serve as a general guide to perform quantitative fecal egg counts on grazing small ruminants, specifically sheep and goats. This tool is utilized to estimate the extent of pasture parasite burden as well as individual animal parasite burden, and to determine the efficacy of dewormer or anthelmintic treatment. Written by Bridget Stice, Laura H. Bennett, Christa L. Kirby, Allison L. Williams, and Brittany N. Diehl, and published by the UF College of Veterinary Medicine, UF/IFAS Extension, December 2024.

2022–2023 Summary Report: Agriculture-, Forestry-, and Fishing-Related Fatalities in Florida

Serap Gorucu

The purpose of this report is to summarize Florida’s Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing (AgFF)-related fatalities for 2022 and 2023. This report helps to identify hazards and risks associated with AgFF. This report can be used for developing injury prevention plans. Written by Serap Gorucu, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, November 2024.

Intercultural Competencies: Understanding High- vs. Low-Context Cultures

Pablo Lamino and John Diaz

This first publication in the Intercultural Competencies series provides valuable insights and recommendations on engaging diverse clientele by understanding and applying high-context and low-context cultural communication styles. Written by Pablo Lamino and John Diaz, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, November 2024.

Factors Preventing Widespread Vaccine Uptake among Adults

Alissa V. Katsaras, Kathryn A. Stofer, Helen Yates, and LaToya J. O’Neal

This publication is part of the Adult Vaccination in Florida series. This document explores the prevailing factors preventing widespread vaccine uptake by adults in the United States and outlines the most relevant trends and patterns that are seen in direct connection to vaccine uptake among adults. Written by Alissa V. Katsaras, Kathryn A. Stofer, Helen Yates, and LaToya J. O’Neal, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, October 2024.

Creating and Maintaining Balance in News Consumption

Kathryn A. Stofer

Becoming informed about an issue does not happen overnight. This publication shares strategies for identifying sources, building habits, and becoming more confident in your knowledge on various current topics. Written by Kathryn A. Stofer, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, September 2024.

Florida Turfgrass Identification

Alex J. Lindsey, Claude J. Jean, Marco Schiavon, Kevin E. Kenworthy, and J. Bryan Unruh

Proper turfgrass identification is required before considering any lawn maintenance practices. Each of the different grasses used for Florida lawns have different management and without accurate identification, mismanagement could occur, leading to undesirable results. Turfgrass identification can be challenging due to the lack of inflorescence or seedheads at certain times in their life cycle or due to being mowed off. Thus, other plant characteristics are used to help with turfgrass identification.

A Review of Feed Attractants as a Guide for Aquaculture Operations

Thaleia N. Roda, Razieh Farzad, and Micheal S. Allen

The aquaculture industry can use feed attractants to improve the feed intake efficiency of various fish and shellfish species. These attractants can improve fish growth and survival, particularly during the sensitive early-life phases when effective feeding is critical to survival. Thus, there is a need to review the types of attractants and their effectiveness in improving fish growth and survival. In this EDIS publication, we provide background information on how feed attractants work and a list of available feed attractants used by the industry.

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture

Young Gu Her, Nikolay Bliznyuk, Yiannis Ampatzidis, Ziwen Yu, and Haimanote Bayabil

This article is prepared to help Extension agents, farmers, farm managers, researchers, graduate students, and the general public better understand AI, associated terms, and technologies. Written by Young Gu Her, Nikolay Bliznyuk, Yiannis Ampatzidis, Ziwen Yu, and Haimanote Bayabil, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, September 2024.

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14.1%

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$4.09 per lb. of N

Value of Denitrification

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95°F

Proper Temperature for Baby Chicks

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13% of people

Food Insecure in the U.S.

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65,479

U.S. residents have their identity stolen each day

This publication is based on the insights of individuals who have been through this experience, researched it in depth, and have attempted to break it down into understandable segments.

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