Source: Beverly James, SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 1/22/18




While producers and growers across Florida lost some, if not all, of their crops due to Hurricane Irma, a University of Florida researcher saw his experimental bedding survive the storm.“We were testing for flooding, and didn’t expect to have winds strong enough the effects of wind force on crops,” said Sanjay Shukla, UF/IFAS professor in the agricultural and biological engineering department. “So, when the hurricane hit we were, in a way, very fortunate.

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