UF/IFAS Extension
Glades County
Glades County Cooperative Extension is a partnership between the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Glades County Government.
Contact
glades@ifas.ufl.edu
(863)946-0244
900 US Highway 27
Moore Haven, FL 33471
Study looks to oxygen as solution for flooded fields
A new study applied calcium peroxide and magnesium peroxide to flooded snap bean plants and tested the productivity of different solid oxygen fertilizer rates.
The flooded plants that received either peroxide application grew taller and produced higher yields than the flooded control plants
05/26/2022
Showing Appreciation to your Buyer
Are you going to be selling your 4-H project? If so, how are you going to show your appreciation to your buyer?
Individuals and businesses that purchase 4-H projects do so for many reasons, but not because they must. If someone takes the time to come to a sale, bid on and purchase your project it is because they want to support your project
01/28/2022
What's Going on in Florida
Glades County 4-H September 2020
Paperwork to do:
September 1, 2020 started a new 4-H year. Please make sure to sign up in 4-H online to enroll in Glades County 4-H
09/18/2020
This Hurricane Season, Be Prepared for Anything
The 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season begins June 1. Are you ready?
Maybe you think you’re ready—you’ve got some bottled water and canned goods to last a few days
05/23/2022
Downstream of COVID-19
As a UF/IFAS extension agent I, like all my extension colleagues, receive a lot of resources about the state of the current COVID-19 pandemic. However, as someone who specializes in water resources, I couldn’t envision how COVID-19 would impact those areas where I spend most of my working hours – water quality and harmful algal blooms
01/15/2022
Invitation to participate in Red Tide Website Usability Survey
Florida red tides, a harmful algal bloom (HAB) caused by the toxic dinoflagellate Karenia brevis, are a near annual occurrence in the Gulf of Mexico along the west coast of Florida. Occasionally, blooms can reach the Panhandle and east coast of Florida
01/14/2022
Downstream of COVID-19
As a UF/IFAS extension agent I, like all my extension colleagues, receive a lot of resources about the state of the current COVID-19 pandemic. However, someone who specializes in water resources, I couldn’t envision how COVID-19 would impact those areas where I spend most of my working hours – water quality and harmful algal blooms
01/14/2022
Make it a tea garden
Southerners and sweet tea
When I was a child we drank sweet tea. I didn't really know where it came from but it was sweet and that suited me just fine
05/27/2022
