Category: Livestock

University of Florida to be new host for major plant and animal breeding accelerator program

by Brad Buck
March 6, 2026

The University of Florida is the new home for an important partner in the effort to provide nutritious food for the nation and to keep farms competitive – a USDA-Agricultural Research Service-funded program called Breeding Insight (BI). The ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Livestock
Tags: #aiatuf, Animal Breeding, Artificial Intelligence, Breeding Insight, Crops, Damian Adams, Ecosystems, Food, Growers, High-performance Computing, Moira Sheehan, Plant Breeding, Prec-ag, Ranchers, Software, UF/IFAS Research

UF research: Proper grazing-land management can increase soil carbon storage, but more research needed

by Brad Buck
March 17, 2026

Soil can store carbon, reducing greenhouse gas concentrations from the atmosphere, and managing grazing lands in the best ways can increase their ability to provide these important ecosystems services. But insufficient research into how to ... READ MORE

Category: Farm Management, Livestock
Tags: Carbon Market, Carbon Sequestration, Grazing Lands, Greenhouse Gas, Land Management, Maria Silveira, Range Cattle Research And Education Center, Soil, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, Water

Considerations for Effectively Spraying Pasture Weeds… After it Rains

by Mark Mauldin
April 24, 2026

As is the case every Spring, a great percentage of the calls I have received recently relate to managing pasture weeds with herbicides. There is a lot to consider when formulating a weed management plan. The subsequent sections of this post ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Livestock, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Forage & Pasture, Panhandle Agriculture, Pasture Weeds, Weeds

Florida Farm TEAM Card for Agriculture Sales Tax Exemption

by Doug Mayo
April 24, 2026

Article originally published July 14, 2023. This article was republished on the UF/IFAS Blog platform site to ensure Florida farmers and ranchers are aware of this service. On July 1, 2023, Senate Bill 1164 / House Bill 1279 became ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Horticulture, Livestock
Tags: Panhandle Agriculture, SV Ag Update

Presupuesto de Nutrientes: Entendiendo a Dónde se Fue el Fertilizante

by Jonael Bosques
April 24, 2026

El clima dinámico de Florida nunca deja de sorprendernos. La sequía histórica que estamos experimentando, luego de heladas extremas que no se veían en décadas, definitivamente ha hecho de esta primavera una bastante inusual. Hemos ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Horticulture, Livestock, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
Tags: Agricultura, Agriculture, Español, Florida Agriculture, Nutrientes, Suelos

Training the Future of Beekeeping: UF/IFAS Honey Bee Laboratory Hosts Honey Bee Queen Instrumental Insemination Workshop Alongside Purdue and Apis Engineering

by Amy Vu
April 24, 2026

GAINESVILLE, Fla., April 21, 2026 — The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences’ (UF/IFAS) Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory (HBREL) collaborated with Purdue University and Apis Engineering to hold one ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Livestock, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: #ufbugs, Beekeeping, Bees, Entomology, Honey Bee, Honeybee, Insemination, PolliNATION, UFHoneyBee, UFHoneyBeeLab, UFIFASExtension

Pringle to be chair of UF/IFAS Department of Animal Sciences

by Meredith Bauer-Mitchell
April 23, 2026

Highlights: Dean Pringle has been appointed chair of the UF/IFAS Department of Animal Sciences at the University of Florida, bringing decades of leadership, research and industry experience to support Florida’s animal agriculture, students, ... READ MORE

Category: Livestock, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching

Drought, Input Costs, & Heifers on Feed

by hbaker
April 22, 2026

The first four months of 2026 have not fallen short of keeping things interesting, for lack of a better term, in the cattle industry. Despite rising cattle prices, hesitancy to rebuild is growing as severe drought conditions persist, input costs ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Farm Management, Livestock, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Beef Cattle, Beef Cattle Management, Beef Cattle Market, Hannah Baker, Panhandle Agriculture, Range Cattle REC, SV Ag Update

La carne de cerdo es un ingrediente importante para las comidas festivas en Florida

by Luz Bahder
April 22, 2026

La carne de cerdo es un alimento básico en muchos países y se presenta en muchos platillos que se disfrutan durante las festividades del fin de año. La carne de cerdo es una proteína versátil que se puede servir como el alimento ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, Livestock, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Brenda Marty-Jimenez, Carne, Cerdo, Chad Carr, Chanco, Puerco

Los economistas estiman pérdidas de hasta $1,56 billones en la agricultura de Florida debido al Huracán Ian

by Luz Bahder
April 22, 2026

Los economistas de University of Florida predicen que las pérdidas aproximadas de la combinación de los cultivos de temporada, ganado, viveros y productos acuícolas que fueron potencialmente afectados como resultado del Huracán Ian que impactó ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture, Livestock, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Christa Court, Danos, Datos, Economista, Español, Estimacion, Evaluacion Preliminar, Evaluaciones, Huracan Ian, Hurricane Ian, Perdidas Economicas, Spanish, UF, UF-IFAS

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