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Enhancing Small Ruminant Production through Cool-Season Forage Integration

by Lizzie Whitehead
November 10, 2025

Integrating cool-season forages into small ruminant production offers numerous benefits, including improved pasture utilization, enhanced animal performance, and greater overall system sustainability. Cool-season forages thrive in cooler temperatures ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Blog Community, EDUCATION, Farm Management, Livestock, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Animal Efficiency, Animal Performance, Cool-Season Forage, Flock, Forages, Herd, Management Tips, Pasture, Pasture Utilization, Small Ruminant, System Sustainability

Beef Cattle Showmanship: What You Need to Know to Be Successful

by Lizzie Whitehead
December 2, 2024

Showmanship is an event many cattle exhibitors look forward to during competitions. Unlike a traditional livestock class that compares the qualities of the animals, showmanship focuses on the individual exhibitor’s ability to handle and showcase ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Blog Community, EDUCATION, Livestock, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Cattle, Education, Livestock, Showmanship, Youth

Grazing Management Strategies for Your Livestock Pastures

by Lizzie Whitehead
October 3, 2024

Introduction Grazing management involves strategically planning and coordinating livestock grazing methods to enhance pasture health, boost animal productivity, and promote environmental sustainability. When considering grazing management ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Livestock
Tags: Cattle, Grazing, Pasture

Don’t Forget The Bull: Considerations For Bull Selection & Management

by Lizzie Whitehead
June 4, 2024

As the cost of cattle rises, it is becoming increasingly important to select the best bull for your herd. Bulls contribute 50% of the genetics for a calf crop, selecting a high-quality bull will help his genetics spread through your herd faster ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Blog Community, Livestock, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Agriculture, Breeding, Bull Selection, Cattle, Extension, Livestock, UF/IFAS

Steps on How to Utilize Cool Season Forages in Your Pastures

by Lizzie Whitehead
October 24, 2023

It is the time of year to start implementing cool-season forages in your pastures. Our perennial warm season pasture grasses in Florida become dormant in the fall and winter months because of the shorter days, cooler temperatures, and frosts. ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Livestock
Tags: Cattle, Cool Seasons, Forages, Pasture, Pasture Management, Perennial, Planting

Pasture Management: Importance of Soil Sampling

by Lizzie Whitehead
October 24, 2023

We can’t manage what we can’t measure. With an accurate soil test, a strategy can be made to solve even the most difficult of problems in our pastures. When was the last time that you took an accurate soil sample in your fields? You typically ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Livestock
Tags: Agriculture, Bradford County, Pasture Management, Soil Sampling

Successful Tips for Managing Your Pastures

by Lizzie Whitehead
October 3, 2023

There are many ways to help manage your pastures, one of them being weed management. Weed management involves scouting for weeds in your pastures frequently, being aware of ways to prevent seed contamination, and different ways to control weeds. ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, Livestock
Tags: Forage Quality, Pasture Weeds, Weeds

Life Skills Learned by 4-H Judging Teams

by Lizzie Whitehead
July 6, 2023

Life Skills Learned by 4-H Judging Teamsby Tamara Dinkins, Agriculture Extension Office AdministratorLizzie Whitehead, Livestock AgentUF/IFAS Bradford County ExtensionDo you remember your first big purchase? For me, it was a car. I spent ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Blog Community, EDUCATION, Livestock, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension

The Season of Giving

by sdeary and Lizzie Whitehead

December 21, 2022

Authors: Samara Purvis Lizzie Whitehead Hard times do not begin and end during the holiday season, but the holidays give an added level of stress to families who are already managing everyday stress. Over 5000 people in Bradford County live ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, CHARITY, Clubs & Volunteers, Community Volunteers, Events, FAMILY, Relationships & Family, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: GIVING

Building Community Partnerships to Serve the Community

by sdeary
December 12, 2022

Health Equity is a ringing topic in Bradford County. Often IFAS (Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences) Extension and other organizations provide workshops and support that although target the community seem to get less traction from those ... READ MORE

Category: EDUCATION, FAMILY, UF/IFAS Extension, , Work & Life
Tags: Community

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