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Costly Year for Gummy Stem Blight Control
Gummy stem blight’s presence in North Florida watermelons this year was expensive to manage. It could be even costlier to growers’ sustainability in the future. “Are we going to start losing effectiveness of chemistry?” pondered Bob Hochmuth, University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Regional Specialized Extension agent in Live Oak, Florida. “That’s the other concern we have. From a science standpoint it’s that these materials have worked pretty well in the past. This year they have not performed equally as well as they have in past years. It brings up questions and concerns about levels of resistance to these difference classes of chemicals that we’re depending upon to control gummy stem blight.”
John Morgan, Florida's 'Pot Daddy,' now the voice of recreational marijuana ad campaign
USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida. The group behind the proposed recreational marijuana state constitutional amendment appearing on Florida's 2024 ballot announced that it has launched a $1.1 million radio advertising campaign. And 'Pot Daddy' John Morgan is the voice behind it. “Throughout the month of July, our campaign will remind...
‘It’s brutal:’ Central Florida workers await new extreme heat rules from Biden administration
APOPKA, Fla. – Working outdoors in Central Florida can be more than exhausting, it’s dangerous. Apopka has many farms that hire workers to be outdoors in extreme heat. “It’s brutal, it’s exhausting, it’s painful, they get nauseous, they get cramps, they get headaches, they faint,” said Ernesto Ruiz, describing the heat-related difficulties of the farm workers he represents at The Farmworker Association of Florida.
South Florida students lead the charge against plastic waste: ‘It is our job’
DORAL, Fla. – The biggest worldwide campaign that encourages people to reduce their use of single-use plastics is in full swing. Plastic Free July is now in its 13th year and in South Florida, youth are leading the charge in this fight. On a hot summer day, Local 10...
Florida health department data captured in cyberattack, hackers claim
TALLAHASSEE — A hacker group claims it has breached the Florida Department of Health and gained access to a large amount of potentially sensitive data on Floridians. The RansomHub ransomware group said in a post on the dark web that it will release 100 gigabytes of department data unless the state pays an undisclosed amount of money. A database of all of the state’s payments to contractors in a year takes up about 0.1 gigabytes.)
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