Category: UF/IFAS

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

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

Heifer Selection

by Lizzie Whitehead
July 8, 2022

Depending on which calving season you have, cattlemen must make decisions on which heifer calves they want to keep or buy for their herd. Usually, 10-20% of your herd will need to be replaced with heifers each year. It is extremely important ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Blog Community, EDUCATION, Livestock, UF/IFAS Extension, , Work & Life
Tags: Average, Balance, Conditioning, Daily, Femininity, Frame, Gain, Growth, Reproduction, Structure

Tactics on Preventing Small Ruminant Footrot

by Lizzie Whitehead
April 20, 2022

Small Ruminant footrot is caused by an infection from two organisms: Dichelobacter Nodosus and Fusobacterium Necrophorum. Fusobacterium necrophorum is in most sheep and goat environments and can set the stage for footrot to occur. Dichelobacter ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, EDUCATION, Farm Management, Livestock, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Footrot, Infection, P, Prevention, Tactics, Treatment

No flowers? No problem. UF study shows bees have other ways of finding sugar

by BLOGS.IFAS
January 14, 2022

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- What’s a bee to do when there are very few flowers available and it needs a sugar fix? Wild bees may be responding to climate change and urban expansion by relying on insects to get the sweet stuff, according to a study ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, Wildlife
Tags: Archive, Bees, IFAS, News, School Of Natural Resources And Environment

Solutions to citrus greening top 10 2017 UF/IFAS stories

by BLOGS.IFAS
January 14, 2022

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – From lobsters to oranges, the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences embraced stories of resilience and change during 2017. The top 10 stories for UF/IFAS during 2017 include finding ways to ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Archive, Beaks, Beetle, Citrus, IFAS, News, Plants, Top 10

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