Water Restriction Workshops for South Florida Agriculture

Water Restriction Workshops for South Florida Agriculture

The University of Florida – Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS), in conjunction with Florida Farm Bureau Federation, South Florida Water Management District and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS), has set up several Water Restriction Workshops for growers to learn more about the current water restrictions and future water availability.

The goal of these meetings are to bring growers, top officials from the Water Management District, IFAS research personnel and FDACS Office of Water Policy experts together to help growers formulate plans to survive through the extreme water shortage. Questions from growers are encouraged as disease pressure, nutrition management, irrigation scheduling and best management practices will be discussed.

Three workshop dates are set in south Florida:

West Palm Beach:
March 5, 2008 (4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.)
Palm Beach County Extension Office
559 N Military Trail
West Palm Beach, FL 33415-1311

Immokalee:
March 18, 2008 (4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.)
IFAS Southwest Florida – Research and Education Center
2686 SR 29 North
Immokalee, FL 34142-9515

Homestead:
March 25, 2008 (1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.)
Miami-Dade County Extension Office
18710 SW 288th Street
Homestead, FL 33030-2309