Tag: Land Management

UF/IFAS Range Cattle REC Long-Term Agroecosystem Research (LTAR) Research Updates

by Andrea Dunlap

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, Wildlife
Tags: Land Management, Long-term Agroecosystem Research, LTAR, Maria Silveira, Native Land, Rangeland

Cattle producers & land managers – your participation is requested

by Andrea Dunlap

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 Extension
Tags: Land Management, Maria Silveira, Phosphorous, Survey

HERBICIDE MIXING MATH FOR NATURAL AREAS

by nladd

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 Extension
Tags: 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

by JK Yarborough

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 Management
Tags: 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 Resources
Tags: Agriculture Best Practices, Erosion Control, Land Management, No-till Farming, Panhandle Outdoors

Control Burning Newly Planted Longleaf Pines and Saplings

by mjgo

May 22, 2016

Controlling competing vegetation and brown spot disease are two main reasons we prescribe burn young longleaf plantations: Longleaf pine seedlings do not like competing vegetation and will stay in the grass stage for years if vegetation ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources
Tags: Land Management, Managing Longleaf Pine, Panhandle Outdoors, Timber

NISAW 2016 – Tropical Soda Apple

February 25, 2016

Florida ranchers know Tropical Soda Apple (TSA) as the “Plant from Hell”. It was first noticed in south Florida, but its seeds survive in the digestive tract of animals and it spread north through the movement of hay and cattle. TSA ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources
Tags: Florida Panhandle, Habitat Conservation, Invasive, Invasive Species, Invasive Species Of The Day, Invasives, Land Management, NISAW, NISAW2016, Panhandle Outdoors, Tropical Soda Apple, TSA

Florida’s Rangeland Agriculture and the Environment: A Natural Partnership

by Judy Biss

July 18, 2015

Most of us living in panhandle Florida recognize that our farmers and ranchers are committed to sustainable production of food, fiber, and fuel for generations to come, but how will farmers continue to be productive while sharing natural ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources
Tags: Habitat Conservation, Land Management, Panhandle Outdoors, Timber, Wildlife

Dodder: Vampire Plant or Nature’s Own Genetic Modification Organism?

July 10, 2015

Vampires of all types and genetic modifications are hot topics these days, and a common, but uncommon looking and acting Florida weed may have combined the two subjects. Dodder, a native invasive, parasitic plant, reproduces by seed but ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources
Tags: Dodder, Environmental Education, Invasive, Invasive Species, Land Management, Master Gardener, Panhandle Outdoors, Parasite, Plants

Invasive Species of the Day (February 24): Lionfish and Air Potato

by chrismv

February 25, 2015

Lionfish (Pterois volitans): Red Lionfish are a predatory reef fish that are non-native invasive species and have spread throughout Florida Waters. They are members of the family Scorpaenidae whose members are venomous and the lionfish ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources
Tags: Environmental Education, Fisheries, Habitat Conservation, Invasive Management, Invasive Of The Day, Invasive Species, Invasives, Land Management, Lionfish, NISAW, NISAW2015, Panhandle Outdoors, Plants, Timber

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