Barn owl’s productivity as agents of rodent control is something that those in the farming and agricultural sectors have long been familiar with. Today, in celebration of International Owl Awareness Day, we are sharing a few ways that owls have helped 4-Hers and farmers.

When the University of Florida told students to return home on March 16, 2020, faculty across campus were thrown into virtual teaching.

Consumers are stopping at the sight of red labels in the grocery store, according to a new study led by a University of Florida researcher.

Pilots may soon fly jets with fuel made from carinata seeds and rubber from the desert shrub guayule may soon be made into valuable industrial chemicals — all thanks to the USDA’s $21.1 million to grow the bioeconomy. The USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has awarded six grants to support the development […]

Recent research featured in the journal Weed Science shows other “life history” traits may be contributing to crop losses by making Palmer amaranth more aggressive and difficult to control. Researchers from the University of Florida collected samples of Palmer amaranth from 10 fields in Florida and Georgia. The sites had widely divergent cropping histories – […]