Tag: Land Management
UF research: Proper grazing-land management can increase soil carbon storage, but more research needed
April 16, 2024
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, LivestockTags: 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
UF/IFAS researchers review alternatives to prescribed burning
March 19, 2024
Each year, the Florida Forest Service authorizes about 88,000 prescribed burns by landowners and public agencies on more than 2.1 million acres of land. Objectives include promoting healthy regeneration of vegetation, controlling disease among ... READ MORE
Category: Farm Management, Forests, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS ResearchTags: And Geomatics Sciences, Burn, Chopping, Fire, Fisheries, Florida Forest Service, Grazing, Hand Felling, Herbicide, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Land Management, Megan Winslow, Michael Andreu, Mowing, Mulching, Prescribed Burn, Prescribed Fire, School Of Forest, Timber, Timber Harvesting, UF-IFAS, University Of Florida, Wildfire
Check It Out! Invasive Plant Management Guides
October 26, 2023
After several discussions with invasive plant management groups in Florida, it was recognized that many land managers often lack access to resources about the technical aspects of herbicides for invasive plant treatments. Therefore, a brief ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Forests, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Recreation, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Brazilian Peppertree, Center For Aquatic And Invasive Plants, Invasive Plant Control, Land Management, Natural Resources, Turning Science Into Solutions, Woody Species
Fire in Florida Forests: Rekindling the Flame
June 18, 2023
Let’s travel back in time—to an early 16th century summer. You’re standing in an uncut longleaf pine forest in Florida; you have a ¼ mile view in every direction. Yellow and purple flowers dot the landscape of wiregrass, saw palmetto, ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & LifeTags: Fire, Firescaping, Forest, Land Management, Natural Areas Training Academy, Natural Resources, Shelly Johnson, Tag/Florida-Youth-Naturalist-Program/, Wildlife
UF/IFAS Range Cattle REC Long-Term Agroecosystem Research (LTAR) Research Updates
November 15, 2022
By: Dr. Maria Silveira In 2011, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) established the Long-Term Agroecosystem Research (LTAR) network (https://ltar.ars.usda.gov/), with the mission of developing long-term, transdisciplinary research ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Farm Management, Forests, Livestock, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, Water, WildlifeTags: Land Management, Long-term Agroecosystem Research, LTAR, Maria Silveira, Native Land, Rangeland
Cattle producers & land managers – your participation is requested
April 20, 2020
Phosphorous Budget For Cow-Calf Operations in Florida, Producer Survey This project is led by Dr. Maria Silveira, Soil Scientist at the UF/IFAS Range Cattle Research and Education Center in Ona and it is currently funded through the Florida ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Livestock, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Land Management, Maria Silveira, Phosphorous, Survey
HERBICIDE MIXING MATH FOR NATURAL AREAS
April 11, 2020
K. Stump, UF/IFAS Extension, Osceola County, Kissimmee, FL Situation: Land managers rely on herbicide to control invasive species in natural areas. However, improper application can have unintended environmental impacts and waste time, money, ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Horticulture, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: 2020, 2020 UF/IFAS Central District Symposium, Central District, Environmental Impacts, FL., Herbicide, K. Stump, Kissimmee, Land Management, Natural Resources, Osceola Co.., UF/IFAS Extension
The Automation Destination
May 3, 2018
As a child I would sometimes watch a show that my parents watched when they were children too. They spoke about this show as though it was an inevitable future; flying cars and robot maids. If you haven't guessed yet, that show was The Jetsons. ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Farm ManagementTags: Automation, Future, Land Management, Technology
Florida Cover Crops Hold Common Ground
February 18, 2017
One of the great barriers to progress in most policy discussions is an “Us” vs. “Them” battle based on historic generalizations and unawareness of change and current practices of the two “sides”. The bad news is there has been much ... READ MORE
Category: Natural ResourcesTags: Agriculture Best Practices, Erosion Control, Land Management, No-till Farming, Panhandle Outdoors