by Amanda Masholie | May 22, 2025
Amanda Masholie, Sustainable Ag & Small Farms Agent-Walton County As a highly adapted grazing animal, horses encounter challenges when high quality forages are not the foundation of their diet. Many horses kept in confinement develop behavioral issues such as...
by Doug Mayo | Apr 25, 2025
If you are a perennial peanut producer, or are interested in becoming one, you are invited to attend the annual Perennial Peanut Field Day. In 2025, the Field Day will be held in Marianna, Florida, on Friday, June 6, from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM Central time (10-3...
by Mark Mauldin | Mar 28, 2025
The calendar and the weather agree, spring has sprung. Earlier today I made two observations which lend further credence to that conclusion. 1) my truck has turned yellow (under a thick coating of pollen) and 2) there was a line, literally out the door, at a...
by Marcelo Wallau | Feb 28, 2025
Marcelo Wallau, UF/IFAS Forage Extension Specialist, in collaboration with Brent Sellers (UF/IFAS RCREU), David Russell (Auburn University) As a Forage Extension Specialist in Florida, about half of the questions I get are about weeds. “What is this weed and...
by Doug Mayo | Feb 21, 2025
The 40th edition of the Northwest Florida Beef Cattle Conference & Trade Show was truly a special event that was held in Marianna, Florida on February 14th. There were five educational presentations from a pool of talented veteran extension faculty, along...
by Cheryl Mackowiak | Feb 14, 2025
Program Highlights – Overview of cool-season forage systems for dairy and beef cattle – Discussions on cool-season forage varieties, production, quality, and tour of the official variety trials – Forage seeding rates to optimize production and...
