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UF report: Florida to have fewer dairy farms, higher milk production costs in 2007

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida’s human population is growing but the state has fewer dairy farms and cows, according to University of Florida researchers, who say retailers may need to rely more on out-of-state milk in the summer and fall when local supplies run dry.

Filed under Research, Florida, Agriculture on Monday, March 19, 2007.

Potato farmers, scientists still fighting disease that devastated Ireland

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Each year, the world celebrates St. Patrick for ridding Ireland of snakes, but scientists are still trying to control an ecological menace that strikes the Emerald Isle’s best-known crop, says a University of Florida expert.

Filed under Research, Florida, Agriculture on Tuesday, March 13, 2007.

UF researchers design folate-packed tomato

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Leafy greens and beans now aren’t the only foods that pack a punch of folate, the vitamin essential for a healthy start to pregnancy. Researchers at the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences have developed a tomato with a full day’s worth of the nutrient in a single serving.

Filed under Research, Health, Sciences, Agriculture on Tuesday, March 6, 2007.