Marketing Feeder Cattle at 6-Year Highs in 2022

Marketing Feeder Cattle at 6-Year Highs in 2022

  Chris Prevatt, UF/IFAS Livestock & Forage Economist, Range Cattle Research and Education Center Each year there are windows that allow producers to market feeder cattle near the high-end of the market. Cattle producers will likely be marketing cattle...
The Pollinating Power of Bumble Bees

The Pollinating Power of Bumble Bees

  There are five social species of bumble bees (Bombus spp.) native to Florida, and each is an important pollinator throughout the state. European honeybees provide about 85 percent of our pollinating activity that is vital for supplying one-quarter to one-third...
Corn Planting Reminders

Corn Planting Reminders

Rome Ethredge, Interim Grains and Soybean Agronomist, Dept. Crop & Soil Sciences, University of Georgia   Folks are getting their corn planters ready and making sure everything is in working order. Here’s some good planting time reminders from the 2022 UGA...
Friday Feature:  Herds West (1955 Beef Production)

Friday Feature: Herds West (1955 Beef Production)

This week’s featured video comes from the Charlie Dean Archives.  The video provides an overview of beef cattle production in the Western US in 1955.  Much of today’s modern beef production system was developed during this period that included cow-calf...
Grow Your Own Nitrogen Fertilizer Using Forage Legumes

Grow Your Own Nitrogen Fertilizer Using Forage Legumes

Jose Dubeux, L. Queiroz, J. Pereira Neto, D. Loures, Liza Garcia, and M. Ruiz-Moreno, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center, Marianna Nitrogen (N) oftentimes is the most limiting nutrient for plant growth. Applying nitrogen fertilizer is a common...