Horse Vacuum

August 10, 2001
Topic(s): Uncategorized

Source:
Thomas Wright

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Mosquito Trap

August 9, 2001
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Source:
Thomas Wright

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James Kimbrough To Receive Distinguished Mycologist Award

August 9, 2001
Topic(s): Uncategorized

By:
Chuck Woods (352) 392-1773 x 281

Source(s):
James Kimbrough jwk@mail.ifas.ufl.edu, (352) 392-2158
Photo available tsw@mail.ifas.ufl.edu, (352)392-1773 ext. 282

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — James Kimbrough, professor of plant pathology with the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, will receive the Distinguished Mycologist Award on August 27 from the Mycological Society of America (MSA) at its annual meeting in Salt Lake City.

The award is presented annually to an individual whose career has been outstanding. Recipients are evaluated on the basis of the quality and quantity of their published research, and on the basis of their service to MSA and the field of mycology, which includes the study of fungi. (more…)

UF-Designed Device Cuts Water Runoff From Vegetable Farms

August 7, 2001
Topic(s): Uncategorized

By:
Ed Hunter (352) 392-1773 ext. 278

Source(s):
Craig Stanley cds@mail.ifs.ufl.edu, (941) 751-7636
Gary Bethune gbethune@tampa.rr.com, (941) 721-3213

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MYAKKA CITY, Fla. — When tree deaths began to exceed normal rates in Manatee County’s Flatford Swamp in 1998, environmentalists and Florida water managers suspected water runoff from nearby farms.

The excess irrigation water, they said, kept the swamp from drying out as it normally does each winter. The problem was common enough around the state to prompt University of Florida researchers to develop a solution: A buried irrigation system that reduces runoff and could maintain swamps’ normal water levels. (more…)

UF, FAMU Work To Make Goat Part Of Mainstream American Diet

August 2, 2001
Topic(s): Uncategorized

By:
Tom Nordlie (352) 392-1773 x 277

Source(s):
Claude McGowan cmcgowan@famu.edu, (850) 599-3546
Gabriel Cosenza gcosenza@ufl.edu, (352) 392-2992
Sally Williams williams@animal.ufl.edu, (352) 392-2993
Buddy Hagler (386) 397-1298

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Getting your goat will be as easy as picking up a loaf of bread on the way home, if Florida researchers have anything to do with it.

Once considered an exotic specialty item, goat meat may soon become a supermarket staple in the United States, spurred by the nation’s increasing cultural diversity and a new goat bred for meat production. (more…)