Tag: Carissa Wickens

New website in development to protect water quality around horse farms

by BLOGS.IFAS
August 2, 2019

By Mike Loizzo GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) is funding a University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences project to create a new mobile responsive website with an ... READ MORE

Category: Farm Management, Livestock, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, Water
Tags: Animal Sciences Department, Best Management Practices, Carissa Wickens, FDACS, Horse, Manure, Mary Lusk, Soil And Water Sciences Department, Water Quality

U.S., Brazilian Scientists Collaborate to Address Horse and Cattle Management Challenges

by Samantha Murray
May 14, 2019

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- How can we improve the health and welfare of horses and cattle? That will be a big question on the minds of the veterinarians, animal scientists and livestock breeders from the United States and Brazil at the first International ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Livestock, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Carissa Wickens, Cattle, Horse Teaching Unit, Horses, Joel McQuagge, Lori Warren, Mario Binelli, Matt Hersom, News, Sally DeNotta, Samantha Brooks, Saundra TenBroeck

Got Horse Manure? UF/IFAS Program Offers Composting Solution

by Samantha Murray
March 5, 2019

Horses may be beautiful animals, but like everyone, they poop. A lot. “A 1,000 pound horse can produce 10 tons of manure and stall waste each year,” said Mary Lusk, assistant professor of soil and water sciences with the University of ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Farm Management, Livestock, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Teaching, Water
Tags: CALS, Carissa Wickens, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Francisco Rivera, Hillsborough County, Horses, Mary Lusk, News, Small Farms, Walsh Nichols

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