UF/IFAS GLOBAL BLOGS
A spate of recent “acute” cattle deaths has led to a state investigation and prompted the voluntary recall of a cattle feed product. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services provided specific details in a Jan. 11… Read More
By Angela Bright UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County staff In an earlier post, I shared with you information about the South Florida Forage Management Tour and Workshop, an annual event hosted by UF/IFAS Extension to raise awareness of local… Read More
Florida Agriculture When you think of Florida, you may think of citrus. In Highlands County we live among the many orange groves. We are the 3-4th largest citrus producing county in the state, depending on the year. We… Read More
Join us on Saturday, March 16th at the Southeastern Livestock Pavilion in Ocala as CFLAG and UF/IFAS Marion County Extension proudly present The Florida Horse Owner’s Educational Workshop, a day of horse focused learning and hands on demonstrations… Read More
by Raoul Boughton, Assistant Professor, Rangeland Wildlife and Ecosystems UF/IFAS Range Cattle Research and Education Center A computer model developed at the University of Wyoming by researchers, in collaboration with USDA’s National Wildlife Research Center, Arizona State University, California’s… Read More
Cattle ranchers, employees, and family members from the Tri-state Region (FL, AL, GA) are invited to attend the 34th annual Northwest Florida Beef Conference and Trade Show, to be held on Wednesday, February 13, 2019 in Marianna, Florida. … Read More
Equine Vital Signs- What is Normal? Knowing what is normal for your horse can help you circumnavigate a health disaster, from founder to colic. But what is normal for an adult horse? The January 2019 edition of the… Read More
The purpose of the 4-H pullet project workshop series is to encourage youth to participate in the pullet project, specifically showing and selling commercial laying hens at the Greater Jacksonville Fair. Youth will develop life skills such as… Read More
Okay, so today it is probably more like a dollar. Everybody is re-assessing how they spend their money and looking for ways to save money. So where does that leave the youth livestock project? Input costs such as… Read More
As temperatures warm, flies begin to emerge. These flies bring all sorts of potential problems to the cow herd, including pinkeye. A highly contagious infectious disease, pinkeye affects cattle throughout the state of Florida. Pinkeye can cause substantial… Read More
