by Doug Mayo | Jul 18, 2025
Back in May, I attended the University of Florida’s 74th annual Beef Cattle Short Course, in Gainesville. The theme this year was, “RIDING THE HIGH TIDE – Decision Making in a Record Cattle Market.” There were a lot of great speakers that...
by Kalyn Waters | Jul 18, 2025
Brett Capra, University of Florida, Senior in Animal Sciences & UF/IFAS Extension Intern with Kalyn Waters, UF/IFAS Extension Holmes County In the Southeast, every rancher is also a “grass farmer!” Our primary resource we depend on is forage. However,...
by Doug Mayo | Jul 18, 2025
As a high school student, I remember watching neat old movies about farming in FFA, so I always love finding these old films on YouTube. This week’s feature video was an Encyclopedia Britannica film produced to highlight modern corn farming in 1960. In the...
by jbittar | Jul 11, 2025
Bruna A. Feliciano; Beatriz S. Nemoto; Ameer A. Megahed; Alireza R. Shahraki; Viviani Gomes; João Bittar, UF/IFAS Beef Cattle Extension Veterinarian Leptospirosis (aka Lepto) is a disease caused by a spirochete bacterium belonging to the genus Leptospira and...
by Kalyn Waters | Jul 11, 2025
Brett Capra, University of Florida, Senior in Animal Sciences & UF/IFAS Extension Intern with Kalyn Waters, UF/IFAS Extension Holmes County One of the issues that can handicap production in the summer months is the struggle to get cattle to consistently consume...
by Hannah Baker | Jul 11, 2025
The Hot Topic of Tight Supplies Going into Summer In the first half of 2025, non-fed beef production has been a “hot topic” as we watch for signs of reduced cow culling. Non-fed beef production is down over 13% so far in 2025 compared to 2024. With strong...
