by Doug Mayo | Jun 18, 2021
This week’s featured videos were produced by the Peterson Brothers from Kansas that have become famous for their funny parody videos that take a popular song and change the words to match something from farm life. The Peterson Farm Brothers are made up of Greg...
by Chris Prevatt | Jun 11, 2021
Chris Prevatt, UF/IFAS Range Cattle REC, State Specialized Agent – Beef Cattle and Forage Economics Since early 2021, there has been a significant premium available in the futures market to encourage producers to market cattle during the second half of 2021....
by Doug Mayo | May 21, 2021
Doug Mayo, UF/IFAS Jackson County Extension Director & Chris Prevatt, UF/IFAS Livestock & Forage Economist 2020 was a challenging year in all sorts of ways. For cattle producers, there were market disruptions, meat processor shutdowns, significant...
by Angela Gonella-Diaza | May 14, 2021
Angela M. Gonella Diaza, DVM, Ph.D. (NFREC, IFAS, UF); Mario Binelli, Ph.D. (Animal Sciences, IFAS, UF); João H. J. Bittar, DVM, Ph.D. (Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, UF); Alejandro Ojeda, DVM, Ph.D. (University of São Paulo, Brazil)...
by Kalyn Waters | May 14, 2021
Recently I had a conversation with a vegetable farmer from the upper mid-west. Somehow we got on the topic of scales and I explained to him that many cattle producers don’t have a scale. The farmer looked at me in pure shock! “How do you know how much to feed your...
by Nick Simmons | Apr 30, 2021
Recently, Escambia County was fortunate enough to host our local livestock show. During the weeks leading up to the show, there was a lot of discussion among parents and show personnel about issues youth had experienced with their animals, including bloat, weight...
