Friday Feature:  Smutgrass Management in Pastures

Friday Feature: Smutgrass Management in Pastures

This week’s featured video was published by the UF/IFAS Range Cattle Research and Education Center, in Ona, Florida.  In the video, Dr. Brent Sellers, UF/IFAS Pasture Weed Specialist, discusses his years of work on Smutgrass management.  This video is a...
Friday Feature:  Fence H-Brace Construction

Friday Feature: Fence H-Brace Construction

This week’s featured video was published by North Carolina Extension.  In the video, Anthony Growe, Richmond County Agent, provides a step by step demonstration of H-Brace construction for a high tensile electric fence, however these steps are similar for other...
Pasture Management During the Spring Transition

Pasture Management During the Spring Transition

  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...
Benefits of Manure Fertilizers and Analysis

Benefits of Manure Fertilizers and Analysis

Manure from livestock has been used by farmers and gardeners since the beginning of farming, with evidence of the benefits of manure are documented dating back nearly 8,000 years.  Manure can help improve soil, but there are a couple common misconceptions about its...