Category: Livestock
Topic Tuesday: Prevention and Treatment of Chicken Mites
May 19, 2020
The chicken mite (Dermanyssus gallinae) is an external parasite that feeds on more than just chickens. Despite the name of this pesky pest, the chicken mite has a much wider range of hosts including wild birds and mammals. Once the flock is ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Livestock, Pests & DiseaseTags: Chickens
We’re Still Here for You!
May 15, 2020
A lot of people tend to wonder that if the rest of the world is shut down while COVID-19 is coming through our areas, what is it that Extension is doing? We are educators and we are a huge support to the agriculture industry. And we fall ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Agribusiness, Agriculture, Camp, Clubs & Volunteers, 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, Recreation, Relationships & Family, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension, , Water, Wildlife, Work & LifeTags: Available Classes, Available Programming, Consultations, Covid-19, Covid19, Outreach, Reporting, Social Media
Using Zoom in our New Digital World
May 15, 2020
Most Extension Professionals across the nation have been using Zoom for years now. But even we had to learn new things during this pandemic. There are a few basics that you need to know when it comes to using Zoom for our meetings. Creating ... 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, SFYL Hot Topic, Turf, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching, , Water, Wildlife, Work & LifeTags: Covid-19, Covid19, How To, Meetings, Virtual Meetings, Zoom
Weed Control Begins with Identification!
May 6, 2020
It is extremely difficult to control something when you don’t know what it is! We can’t make an effective herbicide recommendation or cultural activity recommendation without knowing what plant/weed we are dealing with. But how do you find ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, Invasive Species, Livestock, Pests & Disease,Tags: Creeping Indigo, Hay Field, Pasture Management, Weed Identification
Virtual CattleFax Market Outlook: The Market in the Wake of COVID-19 – May 6
May 4, 2020
While we cannot host the 69th Annual Beef Cattle Short Course in person as we had planned, we are excited to partner with Boehringer Ingelheim to bring you a virtual seminar from CattleFax CEO Randy Blach, who will deliver a cattle market ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Events, LivestockTags: Cattle Market
UF/IFAS RCREC Graduate Student Highlight: Elizabeth Palmer
April 30, 2020
By: Bethany Wight, Biologist UF/IFAS Range Cattle Research and Education Center Elizabeth “Liz” Palmer grew up in Bernville, Pa, a small rural town. Her family owned a small feedlot and row crop farm. Growing up she was lucky ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Livestock, UF/IFAS Teaching,Tags: Elizabeth Palmer, Liz Palmer, UF/IFAS RCREC
The Bees Trees
April 29, 2020
Why trees make the best food sources for bees Everyone these days wants to be pollinator friendly by planting to attract bees and butterflies. What usually comes to mind are flowering plants such as Gaillardia, Coreopsis, Zinnia and ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Health & Nutrition, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Livestock, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, , Wildlife, Work & LifeTags: Bees, Firebush, Flowering Trees, Honey, Jamaican Caper, Melochia, Native, Nectar, Pollen, Pollinators, Raw, Songbirds, Unfiltered, Untreated
Does the Import/Export Market Help the US Beef Producer?
April 28, 2020
I am often asked, "What is the value to me (the beef cattle producer) of imported beef to the U.S.?" The long and the short of the answer is, "a great deal!" Beef trade is a complex system. The fact is, imported beef goes hand-in-hand with ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, LivestockTags: Beef, Cattle, Market