The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) is asking Florida agriculturists to participate in a postfreeze damage assessment survey. The survey seeks information about the cumulative impacts of all freeze events that have impacted an operation in 2026.
The survey requests the general location of the operation (county/ZIP code), commodity specific details including total acreage, affected acreage and estimated production losses. In addition, there is an option to supply additional information on infrastructural assets, stored products or stored agricultural inputs that might have been damaged or destroyed. Respondents are also able to share additional experiences and photos, if they desire.
This assessment supports informed decision-making at the local, state and federal levels related to disaster declaration, response and recovery. More specifically, survey responses and subsequent analyses provide data and insights to industry associations, government agencies, policy makers and emergency management personnel.
The survey’s principal investigator is UF/IFAS Associate Professor Christa D. Court in the Department of Food and Resource Economics. Questions about the survey can be directed to Court at ccourt@ufl.edu or (352) 294-7675.
Depending on the complexity of an operation, it should take about 10 to 20 minutes to complete the survey.
Several other agencies and organizations collect much of this same information, but each is using it for a different purpose. The different agencies and organizations often do share insights from the data they are collecting to support the various efforts related to disaster declaration, response and relief. These efforts are seen as complementary.
Take the survey here.
Source: UF/IFAS
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