by Mark Mauldin | Aug 22, 2025
If you are raising livestock in North Florida, cool-season forages are an opportunity that you do not need to miss out on. Our winters here are mild enough that we are able to grow a wide variety of annual forage crops through the winter. Doing so allows for...
by Kalyn Waters | Jul 18, 2025
Brett Capra, University of Florida, Senior in Animal Sciences & UF/IFAS Extension Intern with Kalyn Waters, UF/IFAS Extension Holmes County In the Southeast, every rancher is also a “grass farmer!” Our primary resource we depend on is forage. However,...
by Ethan Carter | Jun 20, 2025
Ethan Carter, Regional Crop IPM Extension Agent; Hardeep Singh, Cropping Systems Specialist; Michael Dukes, Director of UF/IFAS Center for Land Use Efficiency; and Lakesh Sharma, State Ag BMP Coordinator In recent years, the University of Florida has worked...
by Ben Hoffner | Mar 14, 2025
Effective soil fertility management is an essential practice for livestock producers in Florida’s Panhandle who want to efficiently enhance forage production. Regular soil testing provides valuable insights into the amount of plant available nutrients in the...
by Mark Mauldin | Apr 19, 2024
Below is a pared down version of an article I wrote for the January issue of the Florida Cattleman and Livestock Journal. I also addressed these topics in a presentation I gave along the same lines at the NW FL Beef Cattle Conference in February. Both the writing of...
by external | Mar 1, 2024
The Soil Health Laboratory from the Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences Department at the University of Florida is offering a one-time, free soil health test for livestock producers in Florida. The primary goal of this initiative is to conduct a baseline survey of the...
