by Marcelo Wallau | Jan 17, 2025
The 2024 Southeastern Hay Contest, held in partnership with Massey Ferguson and the Sunbelt Ag Expo, celebrated its 20th anniversary with a record 496 entries representing nine states! Florida participated with 55 entries from five counties: Levy (2), Suwannee (6),...
by Marcelo Wallau | Aug 2, 2024
Marcelo Wallau, Maria Elena Mailhos, UF/IFAS Agronomy Department Forage Team, Cheryl Mackowiak, UF/IFAS NFREC Soils Scientist, and Diwakar Vyas, UF/IFAS Animal Sciences Ruminant Nutritionist It is about time to start thinking about cool-season forages. To help our...
by Doug Mayo | Jun 28, 2024
Profitable commodity crop or livestock production has become more challenging since the COVID19 Pandemic. Production costs have increased more significantly than market prices for most of the commodity options produced in the Panhandle. The following chart from...
by Ben Hoffner | Apr 5, 2024
UF/IFAS Extension Jefferson County and FAMU Extension held a highly successful Spring Pasture Walk and Talk on March 19th, 2024, at Finlayson Farms. Cattle ranchers, Extension Agents, and researchers from around North Florida attended this event to learn about the...
by Marcelo Wallau | Mar 8, 2024
Nicolas Caram, Marcelo Wallau, UF/IFAS Agronomy Department, and Hannah Baker, UF/IFAS Extension Cattle & Forage Economist The production and environmental benefits of introducing perennial peanut (aka rhizoma peanut) into bahiagrass pastures are...