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    Agricultural Economics Extension

    Agricultural Economics Extension

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    Improving Your Bottom Line

    The Agricultural Economics Extension program at the Tropical Research and Education Center (TREC), University of Florida (UF) emphasizes applied trade policy analysis and related production and marketing issues. Specifically, the focus is to deliver education programs and publications that address current and emerging domestic and international trade-related policy issues impacting or having the potential to impact the production and marketing of a variety of vegetable, fruit, and ornamental horticultural products produced in Miami-Dade County.

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    A collage photo of crops that are impacted by the two-spot cotton leafhopper pest. From left to right, Florida commodities include cotton, tropical hibiscus, okra and eggplant.

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    How Florida’s changing weather impacts tropical, subtropical fruit crops in your landscape

    Do you ever wonder how things like temperature changes, overly wet soils or...

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