Friday Feature:  Portable Shade for Rotational Grazing

Friday Feature: Portable Shade for Rotational Grazing

This week’s featured video was published by Shade Haven to highlight their portable livestock shade equipment.  Shade is very important for managing heat stress in grazing cattle.  Shade Haven’s portable shades allow producers to move shade to where the...
Sunn Hemp: The Yellow Hemp Forage

Sunn Hemp: The Yellow Hemp Forage

De’Anthony Price, Agriculture & Natural Resource Agent, UF/IFAS Extension Jefferson County Sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea L.) is a warm-season, annual legume native to India and Pakistan. The crop grows up to nine feet tall and was originally a fiber crop. In...
Nitrogen Fertilization of Perennial Summer Grasses

Nitrogen Fertilization of Perennial Summer Grasses

  Cheryl Mackowiak, UF/IFAS Forage Soil Scientist, NFREC Quincy If you need greater grass production, now is the time to maximize your results! Due to our southern grass’ response to long days, we typically achieve the most growth from June through early...