IFAS News
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IFA Welcomes the FAO International Code of Conduct for the Sustainable Use and Management of Fertilizers
The International Fertilizer Association welcomes the FAO Code of Conduct, which was officially approved this week during the FAO Conference. “IFA and our members around the world, welcome the Code as a useful framework for nutrient stewardship, which is aligned with the commitments of the fertilizer industry,” stated IFA DG Charlotte Hebebrand, “and we are pleased that several ...
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UF/IFAS Citrus Rootstock Selection Guide now online
The Florida Citrus Rootstock Selection Guide is now online athttp://flrootstockselectionguide.org in a format that lets visitors interact with the guide. Visitors to the site can find 104 publications supporting the ratings in the guide and can conduct queries of the rootstock information, said Stephen Futch, UF/IFAS multi-county Extension agent. The information and tools let you make informed ...
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Mr. Mostafa Terrab Becomes Global Fertilizer Industry Association’s First Chairman from the African Continent
Mr. Mostafa Terrab, CEO of Morocco-based OCP Group, is set to become the first Chairman from the African continent of the International Fertilizer Association in its 90-year history. Mr. Terrab succeeds Rakesh Kapur, Joint Managing Director of IFFCO, India, as Chairman of the influential global industry body. Sustainable nutrient use, science-based approaches to plant nutrition and capacity ...
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IFA Represents the Fertilizer Industry at the UN’s Highest-Level Decision-Making Meeting on the Environment
Held from December 4 - 6, the assembly is the world’s highest-level decision-making body on the environment, bringing together over 2,000 heads of state, ministers, business leaders, UN officials and civil society representatives to discuss how to tackle pollution. IFA was proud to be a founding member of the Governing Consortium of the UN Global Science-Policy-Business Forum on the ...
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The Fertilizer Industry Embraces the Sustainable Future at IFA’s Annual Conference in Berlin
Over 1350 international fertilizer industry executives and plant nutrition organization representatives convened for a fascinating discussion about the future at the 86th annual meeting of the International Fertilizer Association (IFA) in Berlin from June 18th to the 20th. Highlights of the meeting included: Preparing for the Future with IFA2030 IFA announced the outcomes of its “IFA2030 ...
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Announcing IFA’s New Scientific Panel on Responsible Plant Nutrition
A new scientific panel will provide crucial data and research to facilitate continued progress towards sustainable plant nutrition required for feeding the world’s growing population in the face of climate change and other challenges to agricultural systems. Following an inaugural organizational meeting among seven scientists held in Versailles, France on November 17, the International ...
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Fruit fly outbreak cost growers $4.1 million; could have been much worse
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences economists estimate the Oriental fruit fly outbreak last year caused at least $4.1 million in direct crop damages in Miami-Dade County, but the damage could have been far worse, UF/IFAS researchers say. In the new report, UF/IFAS researchers and the chief economist for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, ...
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New UF/IFAS-developed avocado app helps guide irrigation
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences faculty have developed a new app for avocado growers that provides an irrigation schedule so users save an estimated 20 to 50 percent on the water they apply to their orchards. “Weather changes daily, and the app takes into account these changes in the irrigation schedule it provides,” said Kati Migliaccio, an ...
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IFA’s Strategic Forum Examines Plant Nutrition Related Developments in China and India While Reiterating Industry Commitment to Fertilizer Stewardship and Stakeholder Engagement
Global fertilizer industry leaders gathered this week for the International Fertilizer Association (IFA) 2018 Strategic Forum to discuss the implications of the IFA2030 strategic review. Held in Beijing, China on November 13th and 14th, the record-breaking event welcomed more than 200 registered delegates representing 94 fertilizer companies from 31 countries. With a focus on two key countries ...
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UF/IFAS study: Strawberry growers must pick, harvest earlier for best profit
Florida strawberry growers must produce more fruit earlier in the growing season — in November and December – to keep a competitive advantage in the global market, a new University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences study shows. Florida and California combine to produce 99 percent of the United States’ strawberries, and Florida ranks as the biggest producer ...
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3Bar Biologics Wins the Inaugural Plant Nutrition Startup Showcase $20,000 Grand Prize
After an extensive global search, over 50 applications from all over the world, three days of presentations and a two-hour pitch session by seven selected startups, the International Fertilizer Industry (IFA) and Larta Institute today crowned 3Bar Biologics as the winner of the first ever Plant Nutrition Startup Showcase, for its innovative on-farm microbe fermentation technology. "3Bar ...
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UF/IFAS imaging system can detect citrus greening before symptoms show
A time-lapse polarized imaging system may help citrus growers detect greening before the plant’s leaves show symptoms, which should help growers as they try to fend off the deadly disease, a new University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences study shows. For the new study, Won Suk “Daniel” Lee and Alireza Pourreza wanted to know how early citrus leaves with ...
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IFA’s Annual Conference in Montreal: The Global Fertilizer Industry Continues to Evolve and Connect
More than 1250 representatives from 67 countries met in Montreal to advance the industry’s commitments to industry stewardship, partnerships and innovation at IFA’s Annual Conference, IFA2019, the most important global plant nutrition event. The tone was set by two outstanding keynote speakers. Jim Collins, CEO of newly launched Corteva, which brings together the agricultural ...
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UF/IFAS apps give irrigation, growing tips and more
Looking to save money and water when you irrigate? UF/IFAS scientists have developed an app for that. Want to know what plants to grow in your garden? You guessed it: UF/IFAS has an app for that as well. UF/IFAS’ so-called “smart irrigation apps” include an urban lawn app that estimates how long you’ll need to water your lawn to meet current plant water demand. It uses a ...
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Repellant could keep dangerous beetles away from avocado trees
Using some pleasant-smelling chemicals, avocado growers may soon be able to repel beetles that inject a potentially deadly fungus into their trees, saving fruit and money, University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers say. When they’re infected with the laurel wilt fungus, redbay trees – a close cousin to the avocado — emit methyl salicylate to ...
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IFA2030 Launched at Strategic Forum
The global fertilizer industry provided in 2016 almost 190 million tons of nutrients to crops, and with global food demand increasing in line with population growth, it is clear that fertilizers will play an even larger role in global food security in the decades ahead. At the same time, forces impacting the agricultural sector, technological developments, environmental constraints, consumer ...
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Two new limpograss cultivars released for select Florida cattlemen
The University of Florida, in partnership with Florida Foundation Seed Producers Inc., has released two new limpograss cultivars so ranchers can increase the forage variety they feed their cattle. Florida beef cattle producers use limpograss, a warm-season, perennial grass for its high digestibility, cool-season growth and tolerance to poorly drained soils. The new lines, limpograsses 4F and ...
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Updated Florida Citrus Rootstock Selection Guide available July 20, 2015
The 3rd edition of the Florida Citrus Rootstock Selection Guide is now available. The updated guide is a convenient, easy-to-use reference to 20 characteristics of 45 rootstocks. It highlights 21 recently released rootstocks, some of which show reduced citrus greening incidence in early field trials. Of the 45 rootstocks, 12 are time-honored commercial ones, 12 are minor commercial ones that are ...
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UNEA-4 Adopts Resolution on Sustainable Nitrogen Management: Global Fertilizer Industry Committed to Doing Its Part
The Resolution on Sustainable Nitrogen Management, adopted at the 11-15 March UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi, calls for coherent evidence-based, global policy coordination to address negative impacts of reactive nitrogen stemming from multiple sources. “With the numerous uses of nitrogen in industrial transformation, energy production, and, of course, plant nutrition, IFA welcomes this ...
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Florida citrus growers: 80 percent of trees infected by greening
Florida’s citrus growers say as much as 90 percent of their acreage and 80 percent of their trees are infected by the deadly greening disease, which is making a huge dent in the state’s $10.7 billion citrus industry, a new University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences survey shows. The survey, conducted in March 2015, shows the first grower-based estimates of both ...
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