Tag: forages

Enhancing Small Ruminant Production through Cool-Season Forage Integration

by Lizzie Whitehead
November 10, 2025

Integrating cool-season forages into small ruminant production offers numerous benefits, including improved pasture utilization, enhanced animal performance, and greater overall system sustainability. Cool-season forages thrive in cooler temperatures ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Farm Management, Livestock, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Animal Efficiency, Animal Performance, Cool Season Forage, Flock, Forages, Herd, Management Tips, Pasture, Pasture Utilization, Small Ruminant, System Sustainability

Lower Temperatures & Higher Calf Prices

by hbaker
September 30, 2025

Preparing for Fall, Dormant Forages, & Drought Fall is officially here! At the time of writing this in late September, temperatures are starting to cool off in the mornings and evenings as we head into the fall months. With this means that ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Farm Management, Livestock
Tags: Beef Cattle, Beef Cattle Management, Beef Cattle Market, Forages, Hannah Baker, Range Cattle REC, SV Ag Update

Celebrating Dr. Lynn Sollenberger’s 40-Year Legacy at The University of Florida

by Carolina Vendrame
July 28, 2025

Gainesville, Fla. - Few academic careers leave a mark as broad and enduring as that of Dr. Lynn Sollenberger, Distinguished Professor of Agronomy at the University of Florida (UF). Since receiving his Ph.D. from UF in 1985, Dr. Sollenberger ... READ MORE

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Tags: Agronomy Department, Dr. Sollenberger, Forages, Gator Nation, Grassland Ecology, Plant-animal-environment Interactions, Sustainable Livestock Production, UF/IFAS Alumni

Steps on How to Utilize Cool Season Forages in Your Pastures

by Lizzie Whitehead
October 24, 2023

It is the time of year to start implementing cool-season forages in your pastures. Our perennial warm season pasture grasses in Florida become dormant in the fall and winter months because of the shorter days, cooler temperatures, and frosts. ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Livestock
Tags: Cattle, Cool Seasons, Forages, Pasture, Pasture Management, Perennial, Planting

HEY! Do you know your HAY?

by erinejones
October 24, 2023

Hay production is a major crop in Suwannee County. Tuesday October 17th, 2023, two of our outstanding hay producers were recognized at the 2023 Sunbelt Ag Expo for their submission of hay samples into the Southeastern Hay Contest. Doug Carter ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Farm, Forages, Hay Crops, North Florida Agriculture, Suwannee County Agriculture, Suwannee County Extension, Topic Tuesday, UF/IFAS Extension Suwannee County

Breeding new crops and a new generation of plant breeders

by Scott Angle
January 24, 2022

The UF/IFAS team that has released more than 250 fruit, vegetable and other plant cultivars in the past decade is getting even stronger. Seven budding scientists from around the world arrived in Florida in August to work with Plant Breeders ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Curriculum, Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture
Tags: Blueberries, CALS, EREC, Forages, GCREC, Lettuce, Ph.D., Plant Breeding, Small Grains, Strawberries, Tomatoes, TREC, UF-IFAS

Mislevy

by Kalan Taylor
November 9, 2021

Livestock producers know that the health and abundance of a quality forage can directly affect the health and productivity of their livestock. Thus, livestock producers often think of themselves as “forage farmers” because they spend a large ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, Livestock, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Forages, Livestock, Mislevy Bermudagrass

More Days on Pasture: Cool-Season Forage Edition

by Caitlin Justesen
October 12, 2020

Finding ways to extend the grazing season is a top priority for livestock producers in the southeast because grown forages are the cheapest source of feed for our livestock. Slipping into fall means cooler weather, shorter days, and dormancy ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Livestock, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: Beef Cattle, Forages, Horses, Livestock, Winter Feeding

UF/IFAS Extension Is a Helping Hand To Ranchers

by Brittany Justesen
January 13, 2020

UF/IFAS Extension is said to be one of the best kept secrets in town, but we don’t want to be a secret. We want everyone to know we are here to help! One of the ways we can help is by providing new forages, research, and resources to ranchers. ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Livestock, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Brittany Justesen, Forages, Livestock, Ranchers

Don’t Forget your Minerals!

by Jonael Bosques
October 1, 2018

Florida’s flat wood soils in the Bone Valley region are known to be rich in phosphorus. Livestock production has been an important contributor to Florida’s agricultural landscape since its colonization. With the constant findings shed by ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Livestock,
Tags: Feed, Forages, Livestock, Mineral, Nutrients, Nutrition, Soils, Supplementation

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