Growing rice can slow soil loss and the lowering of surface elevation. Frank Bienewald/Getty Images Rice was grown in the Everglades Agricultural Area for a brief period in the 1950s, but it was ...

Layers of dense or compacted soil will prevent vertical farming systems (no-till, strip-till and vertical tillage) from reaching their potential. That’s important in light of coming government ...

One of the challenges that new residents (and seasoned ones) trying to garden in Florida come across is how to grow things in our dry sandy soils. There is more to it than applying lots of water and ...

Government incentives, spurred by climate change fears, will likely nudge you toward reduced tillage programs and cover crops in the near future. On-farm tests conducted by Farm Journal field ...

TAMPA, FL, UNITED STATES, January 4, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — As Florida enters a period of increased rainfall and changing groundwater conditions, homeowners are being encouraged to assess the ...

Each summer, nearly 25,000 acres (10,000 hectares) of rice is cultivated in the Florida Everglades Agricultural Area, a roughly 1,100-square-mile (2,800-square-kilometer) area south of Lake Okeechobee ...