Category: Livestock
Successfully Caring for Chicks
March 2, 2020
When someone enters a feed store this time of year, they are often greeted by the chirping of baby chicks. For many it is hard to resist purchasing some new future laying hens to add to the farmstead. Understanding the requirements these small ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, , Livestock, UF/IFAS Extension
7 Steps to Successful Pasture Establishment
February 24, 2020
I have received a number of calls recently with questions about pasture planting. There are a number of reasons to plant or re-plant pastures, whether you are converting crop or timber land to pasture, renovating a field that had been overtaken ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, LivestockTags: Pasture Management
Mothers see healthier children in the “One Egg Per Day” project in Burkina Faso
February 24, 2020
“Bicycle chicken” is a national dish in Burkina Faso, and even Bill Gates shared a video about it and blogged that chicken rearing can reduce extreme poverty. But what about the eggs? Recent research in Burkina Faso, sponsored ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Health & Nutrition, LivestockTags: Burkina Faso, Children, Eggs, Intervention, Mothers, Nutrition, Resilience
Stand Up & Holler for UF/IFAS!
February 20, 2020
It's Gator Nation Giving Day! When you give to UF/IFAS, you partner with a network of faculty, students and volunteers who are creating positive and lasting change in Florida and beyond. “Stand up and holler” for the UF/IFAS program that ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Camp, Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Crops, Events, Forests, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Livestock, Natural Resources, Professional Development, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching, Water, WildlifeTags: #AllForTheGators, CALS, Giving Day, IFAS, Stand Up & Holler
“To Meat or Not to Meat” from The Chicago Council
February 20, 2020
The blog post Field Notes - To Meat or Not to Meat: Balancing Global Viewpoints in Battles over Food was published on February 18, 2020 by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Read the original story at https://www.thechicagocouncil.org/blog/global-food-thought. Excerpt ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, LivestockTags: Children, Human Health, Malnutrition, Nutrition, Policy, Stunting
Beef Teaching Unit Porch to be Named in Honor of Sam Tripson
February 14, 2020
Thanks to a generous gift from Trey and Chelsea Warnock, the front porch of the UF/IFAS Beef Teaching Unit (BTU) multi-purpose building will be named the “Sam Tripson Memorial Porch.” The goal is to raise $30,000 to endow the Sam ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Livestock, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS TeachingTags: Beef Teaching Unit, BTU, Endowment, Memorial
First multi-stakeholder Swine Day in Cambodia educates about disease, opportunity
February 11, 2020
In April 2019, the Cambodian government confirmed the presence of African Swine Fever, which is extremely fatal to pigs and has spread into nine east Asian countries since 2018. The disease can devastate the holdings of pig farmers, but ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Livestock, Pests & Disease, Professional DevelopmentTags: Cambodia, Disease, Food Safety, Innovation, International Development, Livestock, Policy, Pork
Horse Health- Checking Vital Signs
February 10, 2020
Temperature Pulse Respiration Temperature, pulse, and respiration also known as TPR is a great way to check your horse’s vital signs to make sure your horse is healthy. Knowing your horse’s normal vital signs will help you recognize when ... READ MORE
Category: Livestock, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Brittany Justesen, Horse Health, TPR, UF/IFAS Extension
2020 Osceola County Market Animal Show and Sale Dates
February 7, 2020
The bright lights of the Ferris wheel, a taste of those delicious boiled peanuts, the sound of the auctioneer, and that familiar fresh sawdust smell. Those are some of my favorite things about the Osceola County Fair! So grab some of those boiled ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Livestock, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: 4-H, Brittany Justesen, County Fair, Livestock, Market Animal Program