by Mark Mauldin | Jan 30, 2026
If you would like to see a side-by-side comparison of 15 cool-season forage varieties grown locally under real-world conditions, please stop by the UF/IFAS Extension, Washington County Cool-Season Forage Demonstration on Thursday 2/12/26. The...
by Mark Mauldin | Aug 29, 2025
Don’t let weeds rob your pastures of their productivity, and don’t let brush and invasive plants take over your property. Learn how to identify and manage unwanted vegetation. UF/IFAS Extension Washington County has two opportunities coming up to help...
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 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 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 Robbie Jones | Nov 1, 2024
While it may still be quite warm outside, it’s November. Summer is gone and with it our opportunity to efficiently manage this year’s crop of summer pasture weeds. That, however, is not the case for winter weeds. Now is the time to begin scouting and...
