2024 Limpograss Planting Material Distribution Day – July 9

2024 Limpograss Planting Material Distribution Day – July 9

  Limpograss, Hermathria altissima, is a warm-season perennial grass that has been used for cattle production in Central and South Florida by beef cattle producers for a number of years.  With the development of a new cultivar called ‘GibTuck,’ researchers have...
Silvopasture 101 Workshop and Farm Tour Recap

Silvopasture 101 Workshop and Farm Tour Recap

  The UF/IFAS Extension Northwest District hosted a well-attended Silvopasture workshop and farm tour, in Chipley on Friday April 26th. What exactly is silvopasture you may wonder? Ian Stone, the multi-county Forestry agent based in Walton County, did a great job...
Improve Your Pasture Management this Spring

Improve Your Pasture Management this Spring

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...
2024 Jefferson County Pasture Walk Recap

2024 Jefferson County Pasture Walk Recap

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...
2024 Perennial Peanut Field Day – June 6

2024 Perennial Peanut Field Day – June 6

The Perennial Peanut Producers Association and the UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center (NFREC-Quincy) will host the annual Perennial peanut Field Day, in Quincy, on Thursday, June 6, 2024.  Registration is $10 per person, at the door, and includes...