Wintertime in Florida for cattle producers means calving time. Calving season can be exciting, hectic, rewarding, and stressful. The major components to a successful calving season are proper herd health, genetic goals with a controlled breeding ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, Livestock, UF/IFAS
Creado por Megan Winslow, especialista en relaciones públicas de UF/IFAS. El Programa de Análisis del Impacto Económico de UF/IFAS, que se publicará próximamente en español, estima un rango creíble de pérdidas entre $190,4 millones ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Events, Livestock, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
In-person class in Osceola County, FL: Keeping Backyard Chickens Saturday, January 25, 2025 10:00am-12:00pm Peghorn Nature Park, 2101 Peghorn Way Saint Cloud, FL 34769 Learn how to keep chickens for fun and egg production. Topics ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Events, Livestock
What: UF/IFAS virtual press conference announcing preliminary results from Hurricane Milton agricultural impacts assessment. (more…) READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Livestock
In December 2023, we launched a Request For Applications (RFA) targeting private sector entities (such as micro, small, medium, and large enterprises, cooperatives, and financial institutions) based in our target countries. The aim was to support ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Livestock
The Local Capacity Development (LCD) project in Ethiopia “Creating a Platform for Professionals in Ethiopia (C2P - Ethiopia): Strengthening and Accelerating Institutional Linkages Among Ethiopian Livestock Research, Learning, Development, ... READ MORE
Category: Livestock, Professional Development,
Stems are erect, branched and can get to 6ft in height. Leaflets are egg-shaped pinnately compound. Unfortunately, it is not a welcome perennial plant anywhere near cattle or hay pastures. This plant is very toxic to livestock, cow, horse ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, Horticulture, Livestock, Turf, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
The UF/IFAS-Embrapa Collaborative Climate Change Research Fund is backing a study on integrated crop-livestock systems (ICLS). Embrapa is the state-owned research corporation affiliated with the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture. The study aims ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Farm Management, Livestock, UF/IFAS Research
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, Livestock, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Creado por Megan Winslow, especialista en relaciones públicas de UF/IFAS. El Programa de Análisis del Impacto Económico de UF/IFAS evalúa rápidamente los impactos en la agricultura de Florida tras eventos climáticos extremos. Recientemente, ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Livestock, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research