Managing Hog and Deer Damage, March 23,2012
March 5, 2012
2012-WildlifeFlyerFL-SRC-Esc Click the above link for more details about the vwildlife meeting. READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Livestock, Pests & DiseaseCategory: Livestock
March 5, 2012
Management Changes make Small Grains worth Reconsidering
February 2, 2012
Doug Mayo, Jackson County Extension Director Ann Blount, UF/IFAS Forage Breeder David Wright, UF/IFAS Agronomist In the past, farmers and ranchers in the Southeast recognized the value of small grains for cattle grazing in a diversified ... READ MORE
Category: Crops, LivestockTags: Cattle, Crop Rotation, Planting Date, Small Grain
NW FL Beef Conference & Trade Show
January 17, 2012
Northwest Florida Beef Conference & Trade Show The 27th annual Northwest Florida Beef Conference and Trade Show will be held on Wednesday, February 22 at the Jackson County Agriculture Conference Center, located at 2741 Pennsylvania Avenue, ... READ MORE
Category: LivestockTags: Beef, Cattle, Northwest Florida
Florida Bull Test Sale
January 6, 2012
2012 Florida Bull Test Sale January 14, 2012 at the NFREC Beef Unit in Marianna, FL The 12th Florida Bull Test was conducted at the University of Florida North Florida Research and Education center in Marianna. There were 63 consignments from ... READ MORE
Category: LivestockTags: Beef Cattle, Bull Test
UF researches legal control for contagious, ornamental fish pest
April 18, 2011
Caption at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. Caption at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The lack of legal ways to eliminate fish lice is frustrating for goldfish and koi enthusiasts, but ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Livestock, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS ResearchTags: Fish Lice, Goldfish, Koi, Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory, Yanong
South American beetle released by UF researchers benefits Florida ranchers
January 27, 2011
Caption at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Over the past two decades, Florida cattle ranchers have spent as much as $16 million a year doing battle with an invasive weed called tropical soda apple, known ... READ MORE
Category: Invasive Species, LivestockTags: Biological Control, Entomology And Nematology, Gratiana Boliviana, Julio Medal, Tropical Soda Apple
New technique for vulture population estimates could aid control efforts, UF researcher says
May 5, 2009
Caption at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- For months, Erik Anderson tried to persuade a flock of vultures to stop roosting at Santa Fe College's main campus in northwest Gainesville. In the end, the vultures ... READ MORE
Category: Invasive Species, Livestock, Pests & Disease, UF/IFASTags: Birds, Formula, Lethal Control, Michael Avery, Population, Vulture, Wildlife
Ropin’ in the Swamp
April 9, 2009
In this photo released from the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Justin Johnson of Live Oak, Fla., left, and Derrick Davis of Callahan, Fla. rope a steer at the Ropin' in the Swamp competition at UF's Horse ... READ MORE
Category: Livestock, UF/IFASTags: Cows, Horses
UF Report: Florida Dairy Farmers Made More on Milk, Spent More on Feed in 2007
July 30, 2008
By: Tom Nordlie - (352) 273-3567 Source: Albert De Vries - devries@ufl.edu, (352) 392-5594 View Photo GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Wholesale prices for Florida milk hit an all-time high in 2007, but dairy farmers' potential profits were reduced ... READ MORE
Category: LivestockTags: Albert De Vries, Dairy