Category: Livestock

COVID-19 and UF/IFAS Extension

by BLOGS.IFAS
March 15, 2020

Updated 03/15/20 As we continue to monitor COVID-19 in Florida, I wanted to take a moment to update our UF/IFAS Extension community about our current status, best practices and next steps. The personal health and safety of everyone in ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Agribusiness, Agriculture, Camp, Clubs & Volunteers, Coasts & Marine, Community Volunteers, Conservation, Crops, Curriculum, Disaster Preparation, Events, Farm Management, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Food Safety, Forests, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Lawn, Livestock, Money Matters, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, Recreation, Relationships & Family, Turf, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching, , Water, Wildlife, Work & Life
Tags: Covid-19, Featured Hot Topic, Hot Topic

New website in development to protect water quality around horse farms

by BLOGS.IFAS
August 2, 2019

By Mike Loizzo GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) is funding a University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences project to create a new mobile responsive website with an ... READ MORE

Category: Farm Management, Livestock, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, Water
Tags: Animal Sciences Department, Best Management Practices, Carissa Wickens, FDACS, Horse, Manure, Mary Lusk, Soil And Water Sciences Department, Water Quality

UF/IFAS Honors Imogene Yarborough with Extension Advocate Award

by BLOGS.IFAS
November 13, 2018

APOPKA, Fla. – When Imogene Yarborough and her husband Ed started ranching in Seminole County in 1954, they foresaw a legacy of agriculture for their future generations. “We raised our four children with the guiding principle that this ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Events, Farm Management, Livestock, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Agriculture, Award, Extension, Extension Advocate, News, UF-IFAS

UF Shares Poultry Health Research with Commercial Farmers in Syria

by BLOGS.IFAS
April 25, 2018

By Sarah Carey, 352-294-4242, careysk@ufl.edu GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The conflict in Syria has caused more than $16 billion in crop and livestock losses and destroyed farming assets, according to a 2017 report from the United Nations’ Food ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, Livestock, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS
Tags: College Of Veterinary Medicine, IFAS, News, Poultry, Syria

Acclaimed cattle nutrition expert named director of UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center

by BLOGS.IFAS
April 11, 2018

QUINCY, Fla. – When Glen Aiken wasn’t helping his grandfather wrangle cattle in the smothering Texas heat, he was traveling with his father to meat packing houses across the region. “I swear I visited every meat packing plant between Oklahoma ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Horticulture, Livestock, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: CALS, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Director, IFAS, Livestock, News, North Florida Research And Education Center

UF gets $8.7 million grant to improve nutritional quality and food safety in Ethiopia, Burkina Faso

by BLOGS.IFAS
January 2, 2018

  GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) announces an $8.7 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation over five years to fund research aimed at tackling global ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Health & Nutrition, Livestock, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Feed The Future, Gates Foundation, IFAS, Innovation Lab For Livestock Systems, News

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