The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) has discovered that muscadine grapes can detach from the vine more easily, leading to the possibility of mechanical harvesting instead of paying for manual labor to harvest the grapes by hand. The grapes detach at the pedicel, the stalk holding the fruit to the
A webinar titled “Communicating With Farmers Under Stress” is going to be held on August 6, 2024 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET and is lead by Penn State University Extension Service. As mental health concerns are on the rise for farmers and ranchers, it is more important than ever to start having conversations
With peaches coming into season, let’s explore how to pick the perfect peach! Firstly, there are over 300 different varieties of peaches grown in the US including clingstone and freestone. Clingstone peaches are difficult to remove from the pit, but they are juicier and sweeter than freestone which easily come apart from the pit, but
